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Lynda Letona

About Me

Hello, I am a writer living in South Dakota where I spend most of my time writing poetry, plays, fiction and reading among other things. My hobbies include watching films, The Rachel Maddow Show (because she is soooo political and we have this issue with our childhood pets committing suicide—her pet goldfish and my poor bird who clearly did not approve of being imprisoned in a cage), and I like reading up on evolutionary theory as it reminds me we were once monkeys and it puts things in perspective during existential moments. I hope to someday complete my first novel which I’ve been working on for some time, and also to one day write a horror screen play and maybe an art house erotica screen play. Thanks for visiting my page.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 15/03/2007
Influences: Spanish Boleros (Juan Gabriel, Rafael, Ana Gabriel), Jeffrey McDaniel, Music (Cursive: The Ugly Organ, Happy Hollow; Placebo: Meds, Sleeping with Ghosts, Without You I'm Nothing; The Knife; Bersuit Vergarabat; Ween: Quebec; Brett Anderson; London Suede; Blonde Redhead: Misery is a Butterfly, 23; Interpol: Antics; Radiohead: Okay Computer, Hail to the Thief; Depeche Mode; The Good Life: Blackout; Mana; Bebe; Los Fabulosos Cadillacs; Gipsy Kings; The Dresden Dolls: Dresden Dolls; No Doubt; Les Miserables; Modest Mouse: Good News for People Who Love Bad News; Muse: Absolution), Film (Jodorowsky: Fando Y Lis; Lars Von Trier: Breaking the Waves, Dogville, Manderlay), Books (Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Return of the Primitive, Capitalism The Unknown Ideal, We the Living, Anthem; Gabriel Garcia Marquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude, Laura Restrepo: La Novia Oscura; Juan Rulfo: Pedro Paramo; I Rigoberta Menchu; Latin American Women and the Search for Social Justice; The Guatemalan Military Project), Also my friends, family and many interesting strangers.
Record Label: none
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

The Exodus of Immigrants has Begun

I wanted to share a report on a Spanish news story, which we dont really hear much about in English news. I was very touched by this report, and I thought Id translate the brief transcript. I feel...
Posted by on Fri, 07 May 2010 15:50:00 GMT

Sea Wolf Strikes Again

 Would it be easier if I turned you into a villain?Drew a line on the ground with chalk like in grade-schoolAnd made you jump to the side of hellbecause (anyway) youd think heaven is for squares....
Posted by on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:06:00 GMT

Epilepsy is Dancing

This Antony & the Johnsons Song is one of my favorite. There's a haunting quality to it that makes me want to weep whenever I listen to it. Especially the last refrain.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z...
Posted by on Thu, 17 Sep 2009 12:19:00 GMT

THERE IS THERE ISN'T

Mama, read me that story again. The one about the people crossing the red sea. Nana, read me that story. The one about the sleeping girl who wakes no more. Mama, Ill tell you a story:About a bird tha...
Posted by on Fri, 08 May 2009 20:23:00 GMT

Feeling 50

So youve taken to crying in the closet lately.There is something about Sundays that grates on your skinpulling you through dark spacesclubs, movie houses, strangers' skin.Time stings love. Youve be...
Posted by on Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:08:00 GMT

Film List

Heres a list of films Ive compiled over the years that in my humble opinionRock! Ive updated it for my friend Billie who is finally getting on Netflixwhoo hoo! After the long list, Ive made a mi...
Posted by on Sun, 29 Mar 2009 09:03:00 GMT

Of Mourning

When I speak of mourning I speak of desirethe kite we picked from all the othershow the rainbow tissue framewith its trimmings and tail of bowsmade our childs heartleap in anticipation of flightthe p...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Feb 2009 22:32:00 GMT

Las Lisas

LAS LISASNaturally, I may be constructing these memories hazily--I must have been, what, ten years old at the time?That white morning I forgot all other placeswalking upon that pure sand path leading ...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 23:00:00 GMT

Short Play

Hello,   This is a short play I wrote for an English course some years ago during my undergrad years. It's an adaptation of Chaucer's "The Wife of Bath" Tale with a modern twist. The pl...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:33:00 GMT

Poetry at Hot Metal Press

I'm trying out something new here... here's the site for an on-line magazine I like called "Hot Metal Press" where some of my poetry is posted. http://www.hotmetalpress.net/LyndaLetona.html   &nb...
Posted by on Thu, 15 Mar 2007 14:42:00 GMT