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Selected favorites from the Madam Mayo blog archive 2006-2022

Readers Write: “Should I Move to Mexico?” 
March 14, 2022 

More on Seeing as an Artist or, 
The Rich Mine of Stories About Those Who “See” the Emperor’s Clothes
January 11, 2022

Edna Ferber’s Giant 
& A Selection of Related Books,
Plus Two Related Videos On (Yes) the Nuremberg Trials
December 6, 2021

Trommelwirbel und Vorhang Auf!
And a Bit About Adventures in Learning German
August 16, 2021

From the Archives:
“A Traveler in Mexico: A Rendezvous with Writer Rosemary Sullivan”
May 17, 2021

On the 15th Anniversary of Madam Mayo Blog
April 19, 2021

Q & A with Timothy Heyman on the Incomparable Legacy 
of German-Mexican Novelist B. Traven
October 26, 2020

Roger Mansell (1935-2010) on Researching the History
of the Mukden POW Camp
October 5, 2020

The Book As Thoughtform, the Book As Object:
A Book Rescued, a Book Attacked, and
Katherine Dunn’s Beautiful Book White Dog Arrives
July 13, 2020

In Memorium: 
William C. Gruben and his “Animals in the Arts in Texas”
April 6, 2020

Great Power in One: Miss Charles Emily Wilson
December 2, 2019

“What Happened to the Dog?” A Story About a Typewriter, Actually,
Typed on a 1967 Hermes 3000

June 3, 2019

Using Imagery (The “Metaphor Stuff”)
= Workshop Post =
February 11, 2019

Meteor, Influences, Ambiance
December 3, 2018

Grokking Plot:
The Elegant Example of Bread and Jam for Frances
= Workshop Post =
April 9, 2018

Remembering Ann L. McLaughlin
December 18, 2017

From the Typosphere: “Bank”
September 18, 2017

A Visit to the Casa de la Primera Imprenta de América
in Mexico City
April 3, 2017

What the Muse Sent Me about the Tenth Muse,
Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

March 20, 2017

Reading Mexico: 
Recommendations for a Book Club of Extra-Curious 
& Adventurous English-Language Readers
= Book Review =
November 21, 2016

Cymru & Comanche: Cyberflanerie
August 29, 2016

Peyote and the Perfect You
May 23, 2016

Top 13 Trailers for Movies with Extra-Astral Texiness
May 9, 2016

Five Techniques for a Journey to Einfühlung
October 24, 2016

Translating Contemporary Latin American Poets and Writers:
Embracing, Resisting, Escaping the Magnetic Pull of the Capital
November 11, 2015

Translating Across the Border
October 29, 2015

James McWilliams’ The Pecan: A History of America’s Native Nut
= Book Review =
July 6, 2015

Cal Newport’s So Good They Can’t Ignore You
= Book Review =
June 1, 2015

Why Translate? The Case of the President of Mexico’s Secret Book
November 17, 2014

Thirty Deadly-Effective Ways to Free Up Bits, Drips
& Gimungously Vast Swaths of Time for Writing:
A Menu of Possibilities to Consider
= Workshop Post =
July 2, 2014

Una Ventana al Mundo Invisible (A Window to the Invisible World):
Master Amajur and the Smoking Signatures
May 11, 2014

Many more posts going back to 2006 to be posted shortly.

My Dad’s Book, Captured: The Forgotten Men of Guam
March 13, 2013

José Luis Blasio, author of Maximiliano íntimo:
Some Notes and Reflections
June 21, 2010