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Featured Author of the Month:

Dr. Ramon Del Castillo

Dr. Ramon Del Castillo is a 45-year Colorado resident and past Chair and Professor in the Chicana/o Studies Department at Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSUD 2006-2019) and a past faculty member at MSUD in the Sociology and Chicano Studies Departments (1984-1996). My poetry publications include: (2017) Chicana/o Rhapsodic Rhythm and Blues. (2016) Quetzales are not Extinct. (2002) Tales from a Michoacano. (1995) When the Owl Can't See at Night. (1994) From the Corazon of a Bato Loco! (1988) Broken Concrete. I have dabbled in various forms of writing that include researcher, editor, published poet and past newspaper columnist for the Rocky Mountain News and El Semanario: The Weekly Issue. I have several chapters on Curanderismo, taken from my doctoral dissertation, published in textbooks and used in classrooms. https://www.calmaco.org/team/ramon-del-castillo--