Writings by
Avery C. Castillo
Writer. Poet. Editor.
As I breathe / I sing / the melody / of my own poetry
Literary Magazines Anthologies
Interviews
"We Are All Falling," This Makes Up the Sky: A Year of Looking Upward, ed. Jessica Ceballos y Campbell, Women Who Submit, March 2025.
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"Living Inside a Body That is Exponentially Decaying," Rogue Agent, Issue 11, January 2025.
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"In Praise of the Invisible Warrior," Praisesong for the People, 2024.
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"In the Voice of La Chicharra del Valle de Río Grande." Huizache 11, Fall 2024.
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"Ars Poetica" and "Vida Especial." Latino Book Review, 2024.
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"Four Calaveras (1998)." Boundless 2024: The Anthology of the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival.
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"An Interview with Amy Shimshon-Santo." FlowerSong Press, April 22, 2024.
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"[YOU ARE VIEWING A FOSSIL IN THE SHAPE OF A POEM]." Equatorial Literary Magazine, Issue Three, 2023.
https://www.equatorialmag.com/avery-castillo
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"X." Harbinger Literary Journal, Spring 2023 Issue.
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Performances
"In the Voice of La Chicharra de Valle de Río Grande." Convergencia Collectiva, A Theatrical Storytelling Event, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg and Brownsville, Texas, May 29 and 30, 2024. ​
"In the Voice of La Chicharra de Valle de Río Grande." El Retorno, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Edinburg, Texas, May 15, 2024. ​Watch here: https://youtu.be/xJyIkIo8_bQ?si=qAbQi7tuxHZNNcEU&t=6296
"'Now let us shift into the light' An Autohistoria-teoria Generative Performance, El Mundo Zurdo 10 Conference, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, May 17, 2024.
Books
as editor and contributing artist:
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"re(introduction)." Mixed media, Conjuring Love: a collection of poems & artworks/Conjurando amor: una colección de poemas y obras de arte, Leslie C. Sotomayor, II, 2024.