Left: Brett, the translator, with poet María Rosa Lojo Center: Sebastian Bekes, translator of A Bride Called Freedom Right: Eva Gilles, translator of Lucio Mansilla, historical character in Brett's novella.

Awaiting the Green Morning, by María Rosa Lojo (bilingual edition: translated and with an introduction by Brett Alan Sanders), available November 2007, Austin, Texas: Host Publications, 115 pages, $12 softcover. www.hostpublications.com Summary: Dazzling, insightful, and direct, Awaiting the Green Morning takes the reader on a voyage to an unexpected world. Its four distinct sections offer reflections on mythical creatures, the delights of domesticity, the pain of exile, and the forgotten lands of the dispossessed. In María Rosa Lojo’s richly evocative prose poems, space and time are compressed, and the exotic and the familiar become one: vampires are as delicate as spider’s webs, and everyday objects become a source of wonder and surprise. María Rosa Lojo was born in 1954 in Buenos Aires, the daughter of exiled Spaniards. She holds a PhD from the University of Buenos Aires, and has been a lecturer and visiting professor at a number of universities in Argentina and around the world. She does literary research for CONICET, the National Council for Scientific and Technical Research, and acts as a juror on both national and international writing competitions. Her published work in Spanish includes the novels La pasión de los nómades (1994), Las libres del Sur (2004), and Finisterre (2005); and the collections of short stories Historias ocultas en la Recoleta (2000), Amores insólitos de nuestra historia (2001), and Cuerpos resplandecientes: santos populares argentinos (2007). To read an excerpt from the book, please click on the cover image.
A Bride Called Freedom / Una novia llamada libertad (young adult novella), by Brett Alan Sanders, Spanish translation by Sebastián R. Bekes, 2003, New Jersey: Ediciones Nuevo Espacio, 182 pages, $14.95 softcover. www.editorial-ene.com  Summary / Reviews: The figure of Dorotea Bazán – captured from a village in the Pampas, sometime in the 19 th century, by raiding Indians; who grew to love her tribal husband and children and deeply resented being “rescued,” years later, by her countrymen – has long haunted Argentine imaginations. Her legend is here given a new and lively incarnation: Brett Sanders skillfully blends Dorotea’s story into that of Lucio Mansilla who, in his 1870 account of A Visit to the Ranquel Indians, first queried his century’s stereotypes of “barbarism” and “civilization.” The result is a unique contribution to the Americas’ understanding of the often complex relationships between their diverse peoples. Eva Gillies, PhD (Oxford), translator into English of Una excursión a los indios ranqueles. - - - - - Con el lenguaje fresco, expresivo y llano de una mujer de pueblo (eficazmente vertido al castellano rural y coloquial de la época, por Sebastián Bekes) la Dorotea de Brett Alan Sanders representa las vidas reales de no pocas “cautivas” en las pampas argentinas del siglo XIX: las que se ligaban por los vínculos del amor a la cultura donde habían entrado por obra de la violencia. El relato de Sanders combina gratamente elementos de la novela de aventuras, la novela sentimental, el alegato y de la descripción antropológica, en una narración tan profunda como entretenida. Como Dorotea, es muy probable que sus lectores terminen voluntariamente “cautivos” de este mundo que evoca. María Rosa Lojo , autora de Esperan la mañana verde (Awaiting the Green Morning, traducido por Brett Alan Sanders, Host Publications, 2007), La pasión de los nómades, y Amores insólitos de nuestra historia. To read an excerpt from the book, please click on the cover image.
Quixotics (chapbook: prose poems; includes a convenient glossary of allusions), by Brett Alan Sanders, 1990, 1997, Leopold, Indiana: Kroessman Press, 28 pages, $3 paper / stapled (postage included). To order, contact Sanders. To read samples from the chapbook, including an introduction, please click on the cover image.

PUBLICATION HISTORY

SHORT STORIES

“Satyagraha,” in Labyrinth (Indiana University, Bloomington), Spring 1986.

“Waters of Mormon,” in Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Vol. 30, No. 4, Winter 1997. Reprinted in Exponent II, Vol. 25, No. 2, Winter 2002.

“Last Loves,” in Spectacle, Vol. 4, No. 2, Winter 2002. Reprinted in Tertulia Magazine (www.tertuliamagazine.com), under the title “There’ll Never Be Another Like Perón,” June 2007.

“History of the Knight and the Sophist,” in The Journal of Graduate Liberal Studies, Vol. 8, No. 2, Spring 2003. Reprinted in Tertulia Magazine (www.tertuliamagazine.com), July 2005.

“Pirates,” in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 6, No. 3, July-September 2004.

“Mr. Sethi Raps,” in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 6, No. 4, October-December 2004.

“Mist Over Mount Fuji,” in Tertulia Magazine (www.tertuliamagazine.com), October 2005.

“American Christus” and “Comforts of Marija Across Worlds,” in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 8, No. 1, January-March 2006.

“Little White Sambo,” in River Walk Journal, Vol. 2, No. 6, March / April 2006 (http://www.riverwalkjournal.org/vol2iss6/sanderssambo.html).

“Tribunal,” in The Quill & Ink, Vol. 2, No. 10, July 2006 (http://quillandink.netfirms.com/basjul06.htm ).

“Jonah’s Fish Tale,” in New Works Review, Vol. 9, No. 1, January-March 2007 (http://www.new-works.org/9_1sanders/fish.htm).

ESSAYS, REVIEWS, AND MEMOIR

“A Peronist Wind: Alpha and Omega in an Argentine Landscape,” in Chiricú (Indiana University, Chicano-Riqueño Studies), Vol. 6, No. 1, 1990.

“Joseph and His Good Brothers,” in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 6, No. 2, April-June 2004.

“In Search of Dorotea Bazán: or, On Breaking Out of Literary Isolation,” in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 6, No. 3, July-September 2004. Reprinted in River Walk Journal, Vol. 1 No. 4, Nov. / Dec. 2004 (http://www.riverwalkjournal.org/vol1iss4/sandersdorotea.html).

“A Million Tiny Protests: Reflections on Reagan and Bush,” in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 6, No. 4, October-December 2004.

“On the Pragmatics of Liberalism,” in The Pedestal Magazine, Political Issue, October 2004 (http://www.thepedestalmagazine.com/secure/content/cb.asp?cbid=4282).

Review of Monsignor Quixote, by Graham Greene, in The King’s English (www.thekingsenglish.org), 2004.

Review of The Eternal Quest, by Julian Branston, in The King’s English (www.thekingsenglish.org), 2005.

“Margarita’s Mind,” in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 7, No. 1, January-March 2005.

“So Sweetly Violent,” in River Walk Journal, Vol. 2, No. 1, May / June 2005 (http://www.riverwalkjournal.org/vol2iss1/sandersviolent.html).

“On the Critical Art of Recreative Reading: Reflections on Why Americans Don’t Read,” in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 7, No. 3, July-September 2005. Co-winner of the 2005 Louis Schewe Essay Award at the University of Southern Indiana.

“San Manuel,” in the “Reader’s Write” column in Irreantum: A Review of Mormon Literature and Film, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2005.

“Dear Mansilla,” in The Quill & Ink, Vol. 2, No. 8, January 2006 (http://quillandink.netfirms.com/brettajan06.htm).

“The Golden Boy of Rosario,” in Sunstone magazine, No. 141, April 2006. Second-place winner of the 2006 Eugene England Memorial Personal Essay Contest.

“Corporeality and Incorporeality in the Poetic Prose of María Rosa Lojo,” in The Antigonish Review, No. 145, Spring 2006 (http://www.antigonishreview.com/bi-145/145-article-brett-alan-sanders.html).

“On the Radical Art of Teaching Writing” and “Cities of Whose Dreams?” in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 8, No. 2, April-June 2006.

“An Exiled Daughter and Her Bound Bull,” in New Works Review, Vol. 8, No. 3, July-September 2006 (http://www.new-works.org/8_3sanders/bull.htm).

“Saint-Exupèry’s Little Princesses” (photo essay), in Passport Journal (www.passportjournal.org), Volume 12, Summer 2006.

“Dancing With Coyote” (2 parts), in Tertulia Magazine (www.tertuliamagazine.com), December 2006.

“‘He Was Solitary, Rebellious, and Hard to be Governed,’” review of Garry Wills’s What Jesus Meant, in Sunstone magazine, No. 145, March 2007.

“Ecological Ruin and Promise on the Shores of the Río de la Plata” (photo essay), Part 1 in Passport Journal (www.passportjournal.org), Vol. 15, Spring 2007; Part 2 in Vol. 16, Summer 2007.

“Riding the Subway and Reading Rushdie in Buenos Aires,” in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 9, No. 3, July-September 2007 (http://www.new-works.org/9_3sanders/riding.htm).

Forthcoming:

“All Those Who Have Truly Loved One Another: A Missionary Reunion in Argentina,” planned for late 2007 in Sunstone.

“Tertullian’s Blog” Column (Tertulia Magazine: http://www.tertuliamagazine.com/published_blogs.php?domain=&category_id=8)

Arte Retórica #1: “Pledging Allegiance,” September 16, 2006.

Arte Retórica #2: “The Writer as a Link of a Chain: An Interview With Sebastián R. Bekes,” October 30, 2006.

Arte Retórica #3: “Not Just Another Polemic Against the Iraq War,” February 12, 2007.

Arte Retórica #4: “On Opinions and Identity,” June 22, 2007.

ARTICLES, INTERVIEWS, AND POETRY

“Johnson brothers serve their church in Japan” (article / interview), in The Herald-Telephone, Bloomington, Indiana, January 19, 1978.

“Artist Robert Judah Preserves Local History” (article / interview), in The Journal, Ellettsville, Indiana, April 15, 1978.

“Local Man Wins With Novel On The ‘500’” (article / interview), featuring novelist James Alexander Thom, in The Journal, Ellettsville, Indiana, June 7, 1978.

“The city is people – not concrete and asphalt” (article), in The Herald-Telephone, Bloomington, Indiana, January 13, 1979.

“LDS elder faces violence in Argentina” (article), The Herald-Telephone, Bloomington, Indiana, August 25, 1979.

“Talk of the County” (regular column), in the Perry County News, Tell City, Indiana, 1992-94.

“Columnist questions the bombing of Japan” (commentary), in the Perry County News, Tell City, Indiana, August 14, 1995.

“In Defense of the Dixie Chicks” (commentary), in the EvansvilleCourier & Press, Evansville, Indiana, July 21, 2003. Reprinted shortly thereafter at Gods of Music (www.godsofmusic.com).

“John Dewey, in the Wake of the 2004 Election, Speaks to George W. Bush” (poetry), based on Dewey’s Education and Democracy, in Insights (a publication of the John Dewey Society), Vol. 37, No. 3, March 2005 (http://cuip.uchicago.edu/jds/Insights/Insights vol37-3 March 2005.pdf).

“An Interview With María Rosa Lojo,” July 2004, in Contemporary Verse 2, Vol. 28, No. 2, Fall 2005.

Interview with Sebastián R. Bekes, October 30, 2006 (see “Tertullian’s Blog” #2).

POETRY AND PROSE IN TRANSLATION

“Your Inept Mouth,” “Dragons,” “God’s Eyes,” and “Make-Up” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, in Chelsea 74, 2003.

“El Títere / The Puppet” and “Fueguito / Little Fire” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, in The Saint Ann’s Review, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer / Fall 2003.

“The Noticeboard,” “Lines,” “Knocking at the Doors of Heaven,” “Qualities of Winter,” “The Structure of Houses,” and “Apertures” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, with an introduction by the translator, in Artful Dodge, No. 44 / 45, 2004 (http://www.wooster.edu/artfuldodge/introductions/4445/sanders.htm).

“Lo que había / What There Was” and “Los que dejaron de andar / Those Who Have Stopped Walking About” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, in The Antigonish Review 136, Winter 2004.

“Certain Inheritances / Ciertas herencias” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, in Stand magazine, Vol. 5, No. 3, 2004.

“Five O’Clock Tea” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, in Event, Vol. 33, No. 1, Fall / Winter 2004.

“Risks,” “Sorrow,” “Weavings,” and “Utter Silence” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, in Perihelion, Vol. 3, No. 9, 2004 (http://webdelsol.com/Perihelion/lojo.htm).

“A Buenos Aires Christmas” (novel excerpt, from The Passion of Nomads), by María Rosa Lojo, in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 7, No. 1, January-March 2005.

“Holes” (short story), by Sebastián R. Bekes, in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 7, No. 2, April-June 2005.

“Three Views” (essay), by Alejandro Bekes, in New Works Review (www.new-works.org), Vol. 7, No. 3, July-September 2005.

“Certain Inheritances / Ciertas herencias,” “The Puppet / El títere,” “Your Inept Mouth / Tu boca inadecuada,” “Little Fire / Fueguito,” “Dragons / Dragones,” “God’s Eyes / Ojos de Dios,” “Make-Up / Maquillaje,” “Five O’Clock Tea / Té de las cinco,” “Sorrow / La pena,” “Risks / Riesgos,” “Weavings / Tejidos,” “Utter Silence / Riguroso silencio,” “The Noticeboard / El cartel,” “Lines / Líneas,” “Knocking at the Doors of Heaven / Golpeando a las puertas del cielo,” “The Structure of Houses / Estructura de las casas,” “Qualities of Winter / Cualidades del invierno,” “Apertures / Aperturas,” “What There Was / Lo que había,” “Those Who Have Stopped Walking About / Los que dejaron de andar,” “Palace Museums / Museos de palacio,” “Statues / Estatuas,” “Curious Destiny / Curioso destino,” “Banquet of Dandified Death / Banquete de la muerte catrina,” and “Santa María Tenontzintla / Santa María Tenontzintla” (prose poetry), under the title Knocking at the Doors of Heaven, by María Rosa Lojo, in Mudlark: An Electronic Journal of Poetry & Poetics (http://webdelsol.com/mudlark/), No. 27, 2005.

“Steadfast Love” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, in Rhino 2005.

“The Disappearing Woman” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, in Hunger Mountain, Fall 2005.

“Semejanzas / Resemblances,” “Fragilidad de los vampiros / Fragility of Vampires,” and “Transparencia / Transparency” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, in Contemporary Verse 2, Vol. 28, No. 2, Fall 2005.

“My Lord Santiago” and “Cruceiro” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, in PRISM international, Vol. 44, No. 3, Spring 2006.

“A Tenuous Vapor of Jasmine” (novel excerpt, from The Passion of Nomads), by María Rosa Lojo, in The Antigonish Review, No. 145, Spring 2006 (http://www.antigonishreview.com/bi-145/145-translations-maria-rosa-lojo.html).

“Office of the School Secretary at the Chapel of ‘Mater Admirabilis’ / Secretaria de la Escuela en la Capilla de ‘Mater Admirabilis’” and “Awaiting the Green Morning / Esperan la mañana verde” (prose poetry), by María Rosa Lojo, in The Quill & Ink, Vol. 2, No. 9, May 2006 http://quillandink.netfirms.com/basmay06.htm).

“Like a Blue-Eyed Horse” (short story), by María Rosa Lojo, in New Works Review, Vol. 8, No. 3, July-September 2006 (http://www.new-works.org/8_3lojo/horse.htm).

“A Man, A Typewriter” (short story), by Sebastián R. Bekes, in Tertulia Magazine (www.tertuliamagazine.com), September 2006.

“Don Quixote on the Ecology” (novel excerpt), by Juan Montalvo (Ecuadorian writer, published posthumously in Spanish in 1898), in The Quill & Ink, Vol. 2, No. 11, November 2006 (http://www.quillandink.netfirms.com/basoct06.htm).

“Journey / Viaje,” “The Great Waters / Las aguas grandes,” “Nomads / Nómades,” “Raid / Malón,” “Humahuaca / Humahuaca,” “Sempre en Galiza / Sempre en Galiza,” “Fisterra, B.C. / Fisterra, a. C.,” and “Vanishing of the Men at Teotihuacán / Desaparición de los hombres en Teotihuacán,” Fall 2007 in The Dirty Goat, literary journal of Host Publications, publisher of the whole volume in which they occur (Awaiting the Green Morning) in November 2007.

Forthcoming:

“Minimal Autobiography of an ‘Exiled Daughter’” (San Antonio, Texas: Wings Press, planned for 2008). Essay by María Rosa Lojo, anthology edited by Marjorie Agosín.