Author Interview
La Bloga • Conducted by Manuel Ramos
“On Writing and Sex as a Political Condition”
Featured Interview at the Texas Book Festival
From the Introduction by Manuel Ramos
“A native of El Paso, Carlos Nicolás Flores is a winner of the Chicano/Latino Literary Prize... As director of the Teatro Chicano de Laredo and a former director of the South Texas Writing Project, he has long been engaged in the promotion of new writers and writing about the Mexican-American experience... La Bloga met him at the Texas Book Festival where his ambitious and even outrageous work first caught my attention.”
Manuel Ramos speaks with Flores following the release of Sex as a Political Condition—described by The Texas Observer as “a hokey, jokey, postmodern romp that combines all the conventions of action-adventure movies with a kitschy take on Latin American politics”—discussing the novel's satirical audacity and border realities.
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Author Feature
Lone Star Literary Life • Lone Star Listens
“Lone Star Listens: Carlos Nicolás Flores on the Writing Bug & the Borderlands”
Conversations on Craft, Culture, and Texas Letters
Author Insight
“The late Mexican poet and essayist Octavio Paz put it best when he stated in the 1960s that while Americans live in 'a monologue,' Mexicans are 'gagged.' Until these two conditions change, the two cannot engage in a genuine and fruitful dialogue. Have things changed, improved? Perhaps. But we still have a long way to go.”
An in-depth dialogue on catching the writing bug in South Texas, navigating the complexities of border history, and bridging the divide between Mexican and American literary traditions.
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Radio Broadcast
Indie Beacon Radio Show • Episode 140
“Indie Beacon Radio: Episode 140 with Carlos Nicolás Flores”
Audio / Video Broadcast & Literary Interview
A wide-ranging discussion featuring Carlos Nicolás Flores discussing his long career as an educator, author, and cultural organizer, the creation of Our House on Hueco and Sex as a Political Condition, and the evolving landscape of Southwestern fiction.
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