Maya Chinchilla's Blog
April 11, 2018
Central American Social Media & Organizing
On my way to Providence, Rhode Island for this event tomorrow bringing together a powerhouse panel of Central American Creatives who use social media to ask questions and create more visibility for Central Americans in the Diaspora. Reminds me I need to write more about my experiences I’ve been thinking about this topic since before […]
October 11, 2017
“Central Americans/Not Your Tragic Other” Reading and Writing Workshop at DePaul University 10/12/17
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September 2, 2017
Beast Crawl Today!
TURTLE ISLAND TO ABYA YALA began as a vision to unite Indigenous women from North and South America through art, poetry, and song. This began through the creation of the The Xochiquetzalli Award for Poetry and the anthology, Turtle Island to Abya Yala. This event will feature our community of women. All are welcome to […]
August 22, 2017
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: CentroMariconadas: A Queer & Trans Central American Anthology
image by Dichos de un Bicho Kórima Press is accepting submissions from Queer and Trans Central American writers for the forthcoming anthology CentroMariconadas, edited by Maya Chinchilla. The title of this volume is inspired by the work of the late queer Salvadoran oral historian and author Dr. Horacio N. Roque Ramírez. CentroMariconadas seeks to honor […]
April 2, 2017
Lit Hop in Fresno
I will be participating on this lovely panel as part of Lit Hop Fresno, an all day Lit event, on Saturday April 29, 2017 Pintura Palabra: Packinghouse Review 3:00 p.m.-3:45pm | Hart’s Haven | feat. Javier O. Huerta, Maya Chinchilla, Nancy Aidé González, Maceo Montoya LitHop is a Fresno Poet Laureate initiative, and donations are welcome […]
October 18, 2016
UCSC Women’s Center Celebration today 4-7
Unicorn sighting! Filed under: Uncategorized
June 27, 2016
Donate to Maya’s Recovery Fund
Donate Here The lovely Guatemalan-American queer femme unicorn writer Maya Chinchilla, author of The Cha-Cha Files: A Chapina Poética (Kórima Press, 2014) was in a car accident on October 28,2015. She has multiple fractures in her legs and will have a long recovery involving several orthopedic surgeries and months of rehab. To give Maya the […]
October 14, 2015
I’ll be a guest speaker at the University of Arizona this Thursday
Tomorrow at the University of Arizona I get to share space with the lovely, multitalented, fierce femme Dulce Garcia. Lucky lucky me! I’ll be speaking/reading at 12:30 in the MLK building rm 100. Thanks to professor Galarte and Professor Cardenas for making this happen. Then Friday and Saturday to AJAAS in Phoenix. Filed under: […]
September 2, 2015
My upcoming Fall events
Here are a few upcoming events I will be featuring at and as always I should have some books to sell. (Now’s a good time to contact me if you want to book an event or want me to extend my stay somewhere so I can make flight arrangements and such.) Hope to see you […]
May 26, 2015
Acknowledgements From The Cha Cha Files- A year later
As I look back at the incredible year of my first book I want to share my gratitude by reprinting the acknowlegements and thank yous from my book. Thank you for witnessing this journey. As always I would love to hear from you about how you came to read the Cha Cha Files. It has […]
