C.M. Mayo's Podcast (Marfa Mondays & More)
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C.M. Mayo's Podcast (Marfa Mondays & More)
Award-winning travel writer and novelist C.M. Mayo hosts several podcast series here: "Conversations with Other Writers"; "Marfa Mondays: Exploring Marfa, Texas & Environs in 24 Podcasts 2012-2013"; "Podcasts for Writers," and more.
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Marfa Mondays 21: Great Power in One: Miss Charles Emily Wilson
C.M. Mayo reads her longform essay about Miss Charles Emily Wilson, the Texas borderlands educator and oral historian of the Black Seminole scouts.
M.M. McAllen: A Conversation About "Maximilian and Carlota: Europe's Last Empire in Mexico"
As part of the occasional series "Conversations with Other Writers," C.M. Mayo talks with historian M.M. McAllen about her book, Maximilian and Carlot...
C.M. Mayo Reads Agustín Cadena's "Café San Martín," ALTA 2015
For the American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) annual conference in Tucson, Arizona, at the Café Latino bilingual reading series at the Café...
Marfa Mondays 20: Raymond Caballero on Mexican Revolutionary General Pascual Orozco and Far West Texas
An interview with Raymond Caballero, author of Lynching Pascual Orozco: Mexican Revolutionary Hero and Paradox.
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For Banned Books Week: A Reading From Francisco I. Madero's Secret Book, Spiritist Manual
An excerpt from C.M. Mayo's translation of Francisco I. Madero's Spiritist Manual, originally published in 1911 as Manual espírita. Madero was the lea...
Marfa Mondays 19: Pitmaster Israel Campos in Pecos
An interview with Israel Campos, award-winning pitmaster and owner of Pody's BBQ. Recorded in June 2015.
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Extracto de Odisea metafísica hacia la Revolución Mexicana
C.M. Mayo lee un extracto del primer capítulo de su libro, Odisea metafísica hacia la Revolcuión Mexicana, Francisco I. Madero y su libro secreto, Man...
Marfa Mondays 18: Lisa Fernandes, Barrel Racer at the Pecos Rodeo
An interview with barrel racer Lisa Fernandes, recorded at the Pecos Rodeo, June 2015.
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Historia en Vivo: El nuevo libro de C.M. Mayo sobre Francisco I. Madero, Odisea metafísica hacia la Revolución Mexicana
Para el programa de radio "Historia en vivo" de Radio Ciudada IMER en la Ciudad de México, la Maestra Bertha Hernández entrevista a C.M. Mayo sobre su...
Marfa Mondays 17: Lonn Taylor in Fort Davis
An interview with historian Lonn Taylor, the "Rambling Boy" columnist for the Big Bend Sentinel, and author of several books, most recently, Texas Peo...
C.M. Mayo at the Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies, UCSD: Metaphysical Odyssey into the Mexican Revolution: Francisco I. Madero and His Secret Book
Recorded January 29, 2015 in La Jolla, CA, at the University of California San Diego Center for US-Mexican Studies: C.M. Mayo discusses her new book,...
C.M. Mayo at PEN San Miguel: The President of Mexico's Secret Book
On January 13, 2015, as the first speaker of the 2015 PEN San Miguel series in Bellas Artes, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, C.M. Mayo reads from and d...
Rose Mary Salum: A Conversation About Making Connections with Literature and Art
As part of the occasional series Conversations with Other Writers, C.M. Mayo talks with Rose Mary Salum, founding editor of Literal Magazine and Liter...
Marfa Mondays 16: Tremendous Forms: Paul V. Chaplo on Finding Composition in the Landscape
An interview with photographer Paul V. Chaplo, author of Marfa Flights: Aerial Views of Big Bend Country. Recorded at the Texas Book Festival in Austi...
Marfa Mondays 15: Gifts of the Ancient Ones: Greg Williams on the Rock Art of the Lower Pecos Canyonlands
An interview with Greg Williams, Executive Director of the Rock Art Foundation. Though the Rock Art Foundation has been working hard to spread the wor...
Marfa Mondays 14: Over Burro Mesa / The Kickapoo Ambassadors
A hike over Burro Mesa into Apache Canyon in the Big Bend National Park, plus the reading of a brief translation from the memoir of Maximilian's garde...
Marfa Mondays 13: Looking at Mexico in New Ways: An Interview with John Tutino
Interview with John Tutino, professor of the history of Mexico and the Americas in the History Department and the School of Foreign Service at Georget...
Marfa Mondays 12: Dallas Baxter, This Precious Place
Interview with Dallas Baxter, founding editor of Cenizo Journal. Recorded in February 2013 in Alpine, Texas. Baxter talks about the flowering of arts...
Marfa Mondays 11: Cowboy Songs by Cowboys Michael Stevens, Craig Carter, and Doug Figgs
27th annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering at Sul Ross State University in Alpine, Texas: cowboy songs by cowboys Michael Stevens, Craig Carter and Doug Figg...
Marfa Mondays 10: A Visit to Swan House (C.M. Mayo Reads for PEN San Miguel de Allende)
C.M. Mayo reading live for PEN San Miguel in the Teatro Angela Peralta, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, on January 29, 2013. After a brief consideratio...
Marfa Mondays 9: Mary Baxter, Painting the Big Bend
Mary Baxter came to Marfa years ago for the horses and cattle business and stayed to paint the sky-haunted landscapes in a Sorolla-like play of light:...
Podcasting for Writers: Introduction to the Ebook (or, How I Dove Into the Future)
C.M. Mayo introduces her new ebook, Podcasting for Writers & Other Creative Entrepreneurs (Dancing Chiva, 2012). "Naples Dave" and others from fiverr....
Marfa Mondays 8: A Spell at Chinati Hot Springs
Elvis. The private art gallery. Lithium. And even better: no email. C.M. Mayo recounts a visit to this remote Chihuahuan Desert oasis in May of 2012....
Sergio Troncoso: A Conversation with the Author of From This Wicked Patch of Dust
As part of the series of occasional conversations with other writers, C.M. Mayo talks with Sergio Troncoso, author of the novel From This Wicked Patch...
Marfa Mondays 7: We Have Seen the Lights
C.M. Mayo recounts her experiences with the bizarre and mysterious phenomena of the Marfa Lights, comments on some of the literature and research, and...
Marfa Mondays 6: Marfa's Moonlight Gemstones: An Interview with Paul Graybeal
An interview with Paul Graybeal, owner of Marfa's Moonlight Gemstones. It was no exaggeration for historian Walter Prescott Webb to describe the Big B...
Marfa Mondays 5: Cynthia McAlister: The Buzz on the Bees
An interview with Cynthia McAlister about the bees of West Texas, both imported and native to the northern Chihuahuan Desert. McAlister holds a master...
Marfa Mondays 4: Avram Dumitrescu, An Artist in Alpine
C.M. Mayo interviews Avram Dumitrescu, an artist and illustrator whose paintings have been featured in "Marfans: Art from the Plateau" at the Nancy Fy...
Michael K. Schuessler: A Conversation about Pita Amor, Elena Poniatowska, Sor Juana, and Alma Reed
As part of the series of occasional conversations with other writers, C.M. Mayo talks with Michael K. Schuessler, author of the biographies Guadalupe...
Marfa Mondays 3: Mary Bones on the Lost Art Colony
C.M. Mayo interviews Mary Bones, curator of the exhibit "The Lost Colony: Texas Regionalist Paintings," in the Museum of the Big Bend, Sul Ross State...
Edward Swift: A Conversation with the Author of My Grandfather's Finger
As part of the series of occasional conversations with other writers, C.M. Mayo talks with Edward Swift, author the memoir, My Grandfather's Finger, a...
C.M. Mayo Discusses Francisco I. Madero's Secret Book of 1911, Spiritist Manual
Recorded at the PEN / Sol Literary Magazine Reading Series event of February 22, 2012 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. C.M. Mayo introduces and discu...
PEN / Sol Literary Magazine Reading Series: Gerard Helferich and C.M. Mayo
Recorded in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, February 22, 2012. Gerard Helferich reads from and discusses his new book, Stone of Kings: In Search of the...
Marfa Mondays 2: Charles Angell in the Big Bend
Interview with Charles Angell, owner of Angell Expeditions, on the Big Bend: how he got here, the rivers, the birds, geology, archaeology, rock art, m...
Marfa Mondays 1: Welcome and Introduction
Ever since I first heard about Marfa and the remote mountain ranges of West Texas, I yearned to go there. About a decade ago, on a brief visit, I dran...
Sara Mansfield Taber: A Conversation with the Author of Born Under an Assumed Name
As part of the series of occasional conversations with other writers, C.M. Mayo talks with Sara Mansfield Taber, author of the memoir Born Under an As...
Ten Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Writing Workshop
C.M. Mayo, author of several works of fiction and creative nonfiction, long-time workshop leader at the Writers Center and the San Miguel Workshops, a...
Solveig Eggerz: A Conversation with the Author of Seal Woman
As part of the series of occasional conversations with other writers, C.M. Mayo talks with Solveig Eggerz, author of the fiercely poetic novel Seal Wo...
How to Break a Writing Block
Award-winning writer and workshop leader C.M. Mayo explains the power of the 5 minute writing exercise. The end of the podcast includes an exercise--...
Techniques of Fiction: The Number One Technique in the Supersonic Overview
From C.M. Mayo's "Techniques of Fiction" workshop: the number one technique. An explanation with examples-- plus a nugget of advice from Chekhov. For...