Friday, July 17, 2026
CHICANONAUTICA LOOKS FOR AMERICA IN AZTLÁN
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Once again, Chicanonautica goes looking for America, in Aztlán, at La Bloga . What a better thing to do on the 250th 4th of July? And of c...
Thursday, July 9, 2026
WEIRD VEHICLES ON THE ROAD
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I like to cherchez la weird while on the road. And sometimes the weird is literally on the road. As in weird vehicles. Not just the o...
Thursday, July 2, 2026
WHERE FOR ART THOU, AMERICA?
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When this goes up, Emily and I will be off on another getaway. Yeah, I know we just did one a couple of weeks ago, but you gotta do what y...
Friday, June 26, 2026
CHICANONAUTICA SHARES A GONZO WRITING DIARY
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You can read it in Chicanonautica , over at La Bloga . In the gonzo traditon, I write on a road trip: Because I'm teaching how to write ...
Thursday, June 18, 2026
SCENES FROM A PRE-SUMMER GETAWAY
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It’s not summer yet, but it’s hotter than hell. I’ve got a weird feeling about this summer–and not just more recording breaking (or ...
Friday, June 12, 2026
CHICANONAUTICA TAKES NOTES ON MY NOTES
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I'm getting ready to play teacher in Chicanonautica at La Bloga : It'll be gonzo: And maybe a bit mystical: But I don't believ...
Thursday, June 4, 2026
SUDDENLY THIS SUMMER
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Suddenly, the flowers died. Not all of them, but the sea of color was now fallout that we walked on. Heat. Radiation. Like a bomb. A war...
Friday, May 29, 2026
CHICANONAUTICA GOES BEYOND THE BORDERS OF THE LATINOID CONTINUUM
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Chicanonautica gets visionary at La Bloga . Different kinds of visions: Crossing borders: Spawning alternate universes: With mad dreamers...
Thursday, May 21, 2026
ANXIETY ABOUT PUBLISHING
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I wrote this story. It’s probably the best I’ve ever written. Hell—maybe the best I’ll write ever. I sent it out. It got rejected. So I sent...
Friday, May 15, 2026
CHICANONAUTICA CELEBRATES SPRINGTIME WITH XIPE TOTEC, XOCHIQUETZAL, XOCHIPILLI, AND CINCO DE MAYO
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It's Spring, with gods and holidays for Chicanonautica at La Bloga . Time for Xipe Totec: Xochiquetzal: Xochipilli: And the Battle of P...
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