New Poetry Chapbook by Frank Mundo Released Today by Kattywompus Press

I’m happy to announce that my new poetry chapbook, “Touched by an Anglo,” was officially released today by Kattywompus Press. 

The chapbook is a collection of 26 poems written and published over the last three years. 

Grab your copy today at kattywompuspress.com.

 
“Frank Mundo, author of the widely published essay, “How I Became a Mexican,” wields a knife you’ve seen, straight out of the kitchen drawer but somehow sharper than you remember, to carve the everyday tragedy and comedy of life right down to the bone. Mundo spares neither our sense of horror nor our funny bone, with poems that speak from the page like your childhood best friend peering over your shoulder.”

My other books, The Brubury Tales, Gary, the Four-Eyed Fairy and Other Stories, and Different are available in paperback or for Kindle at Amazon.com

Thank you for your support!!!! 

Then & Now New Poetry Anthology

I’m honored to have a couple of poems I wrote (17 years apart) for my wife included in Then & Now: Conversations with Old Friends, a  beautiful anthology of poetry and art that comes out on November 20th, 2015, from Sadie Girl Press.

Then & Now: Conversations with Old Friends is a unique collection of poetry and art pairs inspired by the theme of “Then and Now”. 120 pages, perfect bound collection, 50 pairs of work from 45 poets and artists, with cover art by Alyssandra Nighswonger. Edited by Sarah Thursday, assisted by Terry Ann Wright.

Learn more at SadieGirlPress.com

Includes work by Alexis Rhone Fancher, Amélie Frank, Avra Kouffman, Betsy Mars, Beverly M. Collins, Boris Salvador Ingles, Brandon Dumais , Brandon Williams, Brian Christopher Jaime, Brittni Suzanne Plavala, Carla Carlson, Clifton Snider, Daniel McGinn, Erica Brenes, Esmeralda Villalobos, Fernando Gallegos, Frank Kearns, Frank Mundo, G. Murray Thomas, Gerald Locklin, John Guzlowski, Joy Shannon, Judy Barrat, Julie Standig, K. Andrew Turner, Kelsey Bryan-Zwick, Ken Oddist Jones, Kevin Patrick Sullivan, Laryssa Wirstiuk, Lynne Thompson, Marco A. Vasquez, Marcus Clayton, Martin Willitts Jr., Natalie Morales, Robin Dawn Hudechek, Robin Steere Axworthy, Sally Deskins, Sarah Lim, Sarah Thursday, Sharon Elliott, Steven Marr, Suzanne Allen, Teresa Mei Chuc, Terry Ann Wright, and Tobi Alfier.

Available November 20th through the Sadie Girl Press Bookstore and Half Off Books in Whittier.

Other books by Frank Mundo are available at Amazon

Law & Order SVU Writer Joins Sisters in Crime LA in Pasadena on March 13

“Ripped from the Headlines…” Ken Storer at the March 13th Meeting of Sisters in Crime Los Angeles

On Sunday, March 13, Ken Storer, a writer and story editor for Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, will share with Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles his experiences writing for the award-winning television series. He will also screen clips from the show and talk about going beyond the headlines to research his storylines. Now in its 12th season, Law & Order: SVU is one of NBC’s top scripted dramas.

 

The meeting of the mystery writers’ organization begins at 2 p.m. at the South Pasadena Library Community Room, 1115 El Centro St., South Pasadena. A $5 donation is requested of non-members. (FYI: Don’t forget to spring forward when Daylight Saving Time starts at 2 a.m. March 13.)

 

Storer had several jobs before landing at SVU. After graduating from Vassar College with a bachelor’s in English literature with honors, he worked for Dell Magazines in New York City. He tried his hand at Wall Street briefly, selling municipal bonds. Storer then waited tables at a French restaurant while volunteering in the Legal Department of Housing Works, a not-for-profit organization that provides various support services to people with HIV/AIDS.

 

Storer attended Brooklyn Law School at night and worked full time at legal department at Man Financial, Inc.  After graduating from law school and passing the New York State Bar in 2002, he moved to Los Angeles before he began practicing.  In LA, he temped at Disney and the Directors Guild of America before landing a position at International Creative Management. He next became assistant to the showrunner of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, during which time he was given two freelance scripts.  He was hired on staff three years ago, and has been writing full time ever since. 

 

Featured Author: Kate Thornton

Kate Thornton enjoyed traveling the world as a child with her family. Opting for even more world travel, this time with an edge to it, she served 22 years in the U.S. Army, retiring right after 9/11. With a rich background of exotic locales and an insatiable appetite for reading in all genres, she began writing short stories. Her first short, “Just Like In the Movies,” was published in David Firks’ legendary Blue Murder Mystery Magazine and nominated for a Derringer award. With over a hundred stories in print, she enjoys teaching short story workshops in Southern California.
 

Kate will be reading from Inhuman Condition, a collection of 21 of her short stories. Two stories are brand new, and 19 are previously published in such diverse venues as several SinCLA anthologies, noted science fiction magazine The Spiral Seas and the legendary Blue Murder Mystery Magazine, as well as Crime & Suspense Magazine and Woman’s World. The common thread throughout is our perception of what it means to be human, including the human monsters we may meet.
Mystery writer Sue Ann Jaffarian praises the work: “Whether you are a fan of science fiction, crime fiction or just good fiction, you will enjoy this diverse collection that smacks of the same juicy eeriness as found in classic Twilight Zone episodes.” 

 

It sounds too good to put down, so you may want to buy a signed edition after Kate’s tantalizing reading.  For more information on Kate, visit www.katethornton.net.

 

Next meeting
Sunday, March 13
South Pasadena Library Community Room
1115 El Centro St.
South Pasadena
2–4 p.m. (FYI: Daylight Saving Time starts that day.)
2 p.m.  Shmooz & Snax
2:30 p.m. Program
Note: A $5 donation is requested of non-members.
More information: www.sistersincrimela.com

 

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Frank Mundo, the LA books Examiner, is the author of The Brubury Tales (foreword by Carolyn See), which is available on Amazon.com in paperback and in eBook. The Brubury Tales won Reader View’s 2011 Reviewer’s Choice Award for poetry and the 2011 Bookhitch Award for innovative poetry.

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