 Marfa
Mondays Podcasting Project 2012-2013: Welcome and Introduction
All about the new monthly
podcasting project about Marfa, Texas and Environs. Read more
at the main Marfa Mondays page.
Posted on January 16, 2012. *About
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Conversation with Sara Mansfield Taber, author of Born Under
an Assumed Name: The Memoir of a Cold War Spy's Daughter
C.M. Mayo talks with
Sara Mansfield Taber, author of the memoir Born Under an Assumed
Name. For Taber, growing up in Taiwan, Japan, Washington
DC, the Netherlands, and Borneo was tough as well as exotic,
and she found the experience even more unsettling because, as
she learned at fifteen, she was the daughter of a covert CIA
agent. In this lyrical memoir, Taber captures the painful journey
as she —and her adored father— struggle to understand
who they are and what it means to be an American. The conversation
ranges from her father's work in Asia, including his daring rescue
of over a thousand Vietnamese after the fall of Vietnam to the
Vietcong, and his disenchantment with the agency while working
in Germany; Taber's childhood in Taiwan, highschool years in
Washington DC during the Vietnam War; her previous books, including
Bread of Three Rivers and Dusk on the Campo; other
travel writers, reading as a writer; writing practice, and teaching
writing. Recorded in December 2011. *About
53 minutes. |
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Ten
Tips to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Writing Workshop
Everything I wish I'd
known, ayyy, 20 + years ago. *About
8 1/2 minutes. |
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A
Conversation with Solveig Eggerz, author of the novel Seal
Woman
C.M. Mayo talks with
Solveig Eggerz, author of the fiercely poetic novel Seal Woman.
Inspired by the Icelandic fairytale of the seal woman and the
true story of some 300 German war widows brought to Iceland to
marry and work on the remote farms, Seal Woman has been
widely praised and translated into both Hebrew and Icelandic.
The conversation ranges from the author's unusual background
(from Iceland to England to Germany to Alexandria, Virginia),
Iceland's book culture, fairytales, advice for writers, and more.
Recorded in November 2011. *About 1 hour 7 minutes. |
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How
to Break a Writing Block
C.M. Mayo on the power on the five minute writing exercise. The
end of this podcast offers an exercise— so get out your
pen and paper. (For more exercises, visit "Giant Golden
Buddha & 364 More 5 Minute Writing Exercises.) *About 11 minutes. Please note that on
iTunes the timing is only 7 minutes, so if you're doing the writing
exercise, best to listen on podomatic (the button to the left). |
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Techniques
of Fiction: The Number One Technique in the Supersonic Overview
From C.M. Mayo's "Techniques
of Fiction" workshop: the number one technique. An explanation
with examples, plus a nuggest of advice from Chekhov. (For C.M.
Mayo's upcoming workshops, and for many other resources for writers,
click here.)*About 8 minutes |
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A
Traveler in Mexico: A Rendezvous with Writer Rosemary Sullivan
A reading of C.M. Mayo's
article originally published in Inside
Mexico, March 2009, with the author of Villa Air-Bel:
World War II, Escape, and House in Marseilles. *About
10 minutes |
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 Like People You See in Dream
C.M. Mayo reads an excerpt from Miraculous
Air: Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the
other Mexico, from the chapter about the Jesuit Conquest
and Mission San Ignacio. *About 28 minutes |
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The Arc of Writerly Action
From a panel discussion on writing historical fiction at the
American Independent Writers Association Conference, held at
the Writer's Center (near Washington DC), June 2011.*About 8 and a half minutes |
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Presentación
de El úlitmo príncipe del Imperio Mexicano,
la novela basada en la historia real, por C.M. Mayo, traducido
por Agustín Cadena
26 de mayo, 2011, Ciudad de México, Palacio Nacional.
Con la participación del Dr. Javier Garcíadiego,
Carlos González Manterola, Eduardo Turrent, y el novelista
Carlos Pascual. *Apróximadamente una hora y 25
minutos |
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Decluttering Your Writing: The Interior Decoration Analogy
C.M. Mayo offers a bit of advice for writers. From the series
on creative writing at the Madam
Mayo blog.*About 7 minutes |
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A
Banquet of Mexican Literature
C.M. Mayo reads the prologue
from her collection of 24 Mexican writers, Mexico:
A Traveler's Literary Companion.*About
13 minutes |
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PEN
Writers Aloud: C.M. Mayo and The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire
C.M. Mayo reads from and discusses her
novel based on the true story. Recorded January 19, 2011
in the Biblioteca, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.*About one hour and 30 minutes |
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"Hell,
I Knew It Was Paradise"
C.M. Mayo reads an excerpt
from Miraculous Air: Journey
of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other Mexico
(Milkweed Editions, 2007) from the chapter "The Sea is Cortes,"
about a visit to the East Cape for an interview with Bob Van
Wormer and the story of Baja California's spectacular sportfishing
industry.*About 16 minutes |
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Haunted
Historical Fiction: The Curious Coincidences Concerning Senator
Claiborne Pell's Mansion
C.M. Mayo reads her blog post for "Hist Fic Chick"
Blog, October 15, 2010, about writing The
Last Prince of the Mexican Empire. How thin in the veil
between our world and the next?*About
7 minutes |
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12
Tips to Help You Hang in There and Finish Your Novel
C.M. Mayo reads the blog post based on a talk for the Writer's
Center's First Friday lecture series in Leesburg, VA. *About 12 minutes. |
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El
último príncipe del Imperio Mexicano: Lectura
de un extracto del primer capítulo, "La consentida
de Rosedale"
C.M. Mayo lee un extracto de la
novela El
último príncipe del Imperio mexicano, traducida
por el novelista y poeta Agustín Cadena (Random House-Mondadori,
septiembre 2010). *Apróximadamente 9 minutos
>>Más
podcasts en español |
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The Writing
Life: A Report from the Field
A panel discussion at the Artlantic Festival at the Writers Center,
May 22, 2010, with Yours Truly, David Taylor, Alan Elsner, Kevin
Quirk, and moderator Jessie Seigal. *About
one hour and 16 minutes |
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C.M.
Mayo at the Library of Congress
A presentation of the the novel, The
Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, and an overview of
the author's research in the various archives in the Library
of Congress, among them, the papers of the Iturbide family, the
Emperor Iturbide, and the circa 1920 copies of a substantial
portion of the Kaiser Maximilian von Mexiko archive in Vienna.
The lecture was sponsored by the Hispanic Division of the Library
of Congress, which is the center for the study of the cultures
and societies of Latin America, the Caribbean, the Iberian Peninsula
and the Spanish Borderlands, and other areas with Spanish and
Portuguese influence. Recorded live July 20, 2009. *About one hour |
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C.M.
Mayo at the Historical Society of Washington DC
A presentation of the the novel, The
Last Prince of the Mexican Empire, with special emphasis
on Washington DC history (notably Georgetown and Rosedale,
the historical estate in Cleveland Park) and an overview of the
author's research in the Historical Society of Washington DC.
Recorded live October 18, 2009. *About
an hour and 20 minutes |
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And
Elsewhere on the Web
The
Poet and the Poem
Grace Cavalieri inteviews poets C.M. Mayo and Francisco Aragon.
Recorded Fall 2008 at the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.
Click
here to go direct to the C.M. Mayo interview (direct MP3 download).
>>More interviews.
 BookCast
An interview by Sam Clay with novelists Pam Jenoff and C.M. Mayo
about writing historical fiction. September 2009.
>>More interviews.
National
Public Radio
John Ydstie interviews C.M. Mayo  about literary translation
and Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion. April 1st
2006. |
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