Archive of Guest-blog Posts
2013
Novelist Amy Kwei 5 Recently Read and Recommended Books on China

Novelist Joanna Hershon
5 Links from A Dual Inheritance that Traverse the Globe

Beekeeper C. Marina Marchese
5 Surprising Facts about Honeybees, Pollination, and Your Food
 
2012
Ghosthunter and writer John B. Kachuba 5 Literary Ghosts

Writer and Survivor Joan Young
5 Inexpensive and Unexpected Tips for Healthy Living

Historian Ellen Cassedy
5 Links to Learn Yiddish

Novelist Peter Behrens
4 Canadian and 1 Irish Writers You Must Read

Literary Translator Harry Morales
Celebrates Gregory Rabassa's 90th Birthday

New World heirlooms expert Steve Sando
5 Beans You're Not Eating
eating
2011
Historical novelist Andrew I. Dayton 5 Books to Get Your Head Inside Iran

Artist and travel writer
Jim Johnston 5 Things to See with Your Feet Up in Mexico City's Centro Histórico

Historical novelist
Claudia H. Long 5 Delicious Links on the Food of Baroque Mexico

Midwife & memoirist
Patricia Harman 5 Sites to Help You Go Green

Reporter
Gerry Hadden 5 Great Places to Visit that You'd Probably Never Find

Writer
Mare Cromwell 5 Telephone Numbers That Have Emblazoned Themselves Across Our Cultural Consciousness

App designer
Julia Sussner 5 Fabulous Apps to Experience for Yourself

Publisher
Eva Schweitzer 5 Links to Learn More about the Berlin Wall

Journalist
Sam Quinones 5 Books of True Tales

Novelist
Eric D. Goodman 5 Train Stories Worth Riding

Novelist
Susan Coll 5 Favorite Comic Novels

Poet and translator
Richard Jeffrey Newman 5 Sites to Learn More About the Shahnameh

Novelist
Daniel A. Olivas 5 Books for the Writing of The Book of Want

Writer & blogtour producer
Diane Saarinen 5 Sassy and Well-Branded Book Blogs

Writer
Teresa Nichols 5 Links About Buryin' Daddy

Essayist & playwright
Margaret Dulaney 5 Reasons to Trust the Muse

Novelist & historian
Michael Hogan On the Irish Soldiers of Mexico

Novelist
Roberta Rich 5 + 1 Books to Inform a 16th Century Historical Thriller

Novelist
Ellen Meeropol 5 Political Novels to Change the World

Writer
Richard Goodman 5 Favorite and Unexpected Literary Writers in New York City.
 
2010
Novelist Janice Eidus 5 Vampire Links to Sink Your Teeth Into

Translator
Kyle Semmel 5 Quick Links "Out of Denmark"

Poet
Kim Roberts 5 Top Spoken Word Venues in Washington DC

Writer
Richard Goodman 5 Wondrous Works of New York Art

Writer
Agustín Cadena 5 Questions apropos of his new book, Las tentaciones de la dicha

Translator
Harry Morales Flowers for Mario Benedetti

Poet and creativity expert
Karen Benke 5 Writers on What it Takes to be a Creative Writer

Writer
Deborah Batterman 5 Links on the New Digital Imperative

Writer and Writing Coach
Eva Hunter 5 Ways to Avoid Writing

Poet
Alexandra van de Kamp 5+ Inspiring World Museums

Writer and artist
Marjorie Price 5 Inspiring Women Artists

Writer and editor
Jennifer Silva Redmond 5 Favorite Short Story Collections from the Last 5 Years

Novelist
Katie Pickard Fawcett 5 Favorite Books of Appalachia

Organizer and writer
Regina Leeds 5+ Resources to Make a Writer Happy in an Organized Space

Novelist
Joanna Smith Rakoff 5 Favorite Books of New York Stories

Travel writer and translator
Jane Onstott 5 Mexican Idioms That Don't Mean What You Might Think
2009
Novelist Christina Baker Kline 5 Quotations that Influenced the Writing of a Novel

Mystery writer Austin S. Camacho
5 Sites to Find Russia in Washington DC

Fiction writer Dylan Landis
5 Magnetic Spaces

Poet and writer J.D. Smith
Top 5 Mariachi Links

Writer and PEN activist Lucina Kathmann
5 Links for A Forest of Mathematics

Spanish and Ladino translator Trudy Balch
5 Things Gaby Brimmer Loved, or Would Have

Editing Aficionado Nate Martin Stop Smiling's Top 5 Author Interviews

Philosophy Professor Thomas C. Hilde
5 Recommendations for Further Reading on Torture
2008
Historical novelist Diane Ascroft 5 Novels Featuring Children in WW II

Poet and editor Francisco Aragon
5 Noteworthy New Titles in Latino Poetry

Novelist Porter Shreve
5 Novels of the '70s

Guitarrist and Spanish translator Russell M. Cluff
Remembering Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

Artist and culinary expert Nicholas Gilman Top 5 Funky Foods and Where to Find Them in Mexico City

Novelist Tin Wendel
Red Rain and Other Secrets and Riddles

Poet Anna Leahy and Librarian Doug Dechow
Top 5 Aviation Museums

Novelist Sergio Troncoso
5 Things Every Writer Should Know About Money

Poet and literary translator Zack Rogow
5 Links re: The Cover of The Number Before Infinity

Travel writer Stephanie Elizondo Griest
5 Glimpses into the Mexican Underworld

Poet and Literary Translator Moira Egan 5 Fun Things to Do Next Time You're in Italy

Poet, Editor, and Blogger Deborah Ager 5 Fantastic Freebies for Writers

Journalist and Rock-and-Roll Mama Lindsay Reed Maines
Top 5 Literary Agent Blogs

Novelist Solveig Eggerz
5 Works of Historical Fiction

Travel writer and essayist Richard Goodman
5 Favorite Books on Soul

Travel writer and power walker L. Peat O'Neil 5+ Links on Walking

Chef, memoirist and novelist Nani Power 5 Interesting Facts About the Monarch Butterfly

Poet Sandra Beasley 5 Poets Turned Prose Writers

Sociology professor Clara Rodriguez 5 Latino Stars of Early Hollywood

Writer and Mexico City aficionado David Lida 5 Secrets of Mexico City

Visionary librarian Jane Kinney Meyers 5 Links About Lubuto

Novelist, anthologist and blogger Daniel Olivas 5 Influential Writers in "Latinos is Lotusland"

Baja buff and business writer Greg Niemann 5 Favorite Websites

Novelist Gayle Brandeis 5 Works of Fiction that Explore the Senses in Fresh Strange Ways

Writer and editor Jennifer Silva Redmond 5 Favorite Baja California Writers's Websites

Historical novelist Sandra Gulland Top 5 Research Sites for Historical Novelists

Mexico historian Tasha Tenenbaum "Kahlo de Rivero" & the Long List of World-Class Mexican Artists

Novelist and blogger Leslie Pietrzyk 3 Dos and 3 Don'ts for Writers's Blogs

Writer, editor, translator, graphic designer Tom Christensen 3 Dos and 3 Don't for Writers's Blogs

Poet and playwright Grace Cavalieri 5 Favorite Venturesome and Vivid Movers of the Earth

Writer Paula Whyman 5+ Sites on Baking for Writers--- and Other Breadheads

King of the Baja Buffs, adventure travel writer Graham Mackintosh 5 Favorite Websites

Novelist and blogger Leslie Pietrzyk 5 Favorite Guest-Blog Posts on Work in Progress

Travel writer and Mexico expert Isabella Tree 5 Favorite Books About Mexico

Journalist Steven Hart 5 Sites at the Crossroads of History, Industry, Commerce and Art

Writer, musician, composer, philosopher David Rothenberg 5 Whale Music Links

Poet Cathleen Calbert The 5 Members of the Providence Area Writers Group

Novelist Eric B. Martin 5 Links On the Next Roberto Bolaño: Guillermo Fadanelli

Travel writer and essayist Richard Goodman 5 Favorite "Collected Letters of..."

Medievalist and author Jeff Sypeck On other writers's blogs
2007
Writer and documentary film maker David Taylor Top 5 Books Read in 2007

Children's book writer Nancy Levine 5 Favorite Pug Websites

Playwright and writing coach Roy Sorrels 5 Reasons San Miguel de Allende is a Writer's Heaven

Poet, writer and teacher Sheila Bender Top 5 Books On Writing

Short story and nonfiction writer John Kachuba 5 Spooky Sites

Novelist Janice Eidus 5 Favorite (mas o menos, directly or very indirectly) Mexico-Related Websites

Comedy writer and stand-up comic Basil White Top 5 Laugh Links

Poet and visual artist Christine Boyka Kluge 5 Websites for Hybrid Writing, Collaborations & Experimental Work

Travel writer Jim Benning World Hum's Representative 5

Short story writer Kate Blackwell 5+ Summer Reading

Poet Kim Roberts Top 5 Litblogs

Feng Shui Expert Carol Olmstead 5+ Feng Shui Tips for Writers