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About Me

My official website, aaronmichaelmorales.com is now up and running! Go click around and have a ball.
Special thanks to Ezra Birt for all his hard work. (And if you need a website, you should drop him a line at the website)

CURRENT NEWS:

Read the new INTERVIEW by Daniel Olivas, for La Bloga.

My new limited-edition chapbook, From Here You Can Almost See the End of the Desert, (2008, Momotombo Press ) is now available.

Please visit www.aaronmichaelmorales.com to purchase autographed copies. Supplies are dwindling quickly, so visit soon. Also, you may sign up for my mailing list to be informed about readings and book signings in your area coming next year.

Thanks for your support!

My Blog

New Review of "From Here You Can See...Desert" on Word Riot

Click to see the latest review of From Here You Can Almost See the End of the Desert on Word Riot.Also, if you've read the book and would care to comment on it, there is a post on El Literati, asking ...
Posted by on Sun, 14 Dec 2008 00:18:00 GMT

New short story in PALABRA Issue 4

Greetings. My short story, "The Lamentable Inauguration of the Honorary Alejandro Santiago Freeway," is available in the latest issue of PALABRA which is for sale now. Also included are several amazin...
Posted by on Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:58:00 GMT

Another Pushcart Prize Nomination!

Momotombo Press, who published my fiction chapbook earlier this year, has nominated my story, "Flashflood," for a 2009 Pushcart Prize. I'll keep you posted. Good times.AMM
Posted by on Tue, 18 Nov 2008 04:48:00 GMT

Drowning Tucson to be released by Coffee House Press

It's official! My first novel, Drowning Tucson will be released in Spring of 2010 by Coffee House Press. Check back for details, or visit my website, AaronMichaelMorales.com for more details. As of no...
Posted by on Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:13:00 GMT

Pushcart Prize Special Mention

"Torchy's," a short story published in Another Chicago Magazine, in 2005, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize in 2007 by the staff of ACM. While the story did not win a Pushcart Prize, it was listed in...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 17:55:00 GMT

Reviews

Praise for From Here You Can Almost See the End of the DesertMomotombo PressMorales seduces then abducts and we are carried away by the torrents of his endless sentences until we come up for air, gasp...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:05:00 GMT

AWP Reading/Panel

This just in: 2009 AWP Conference - Chicago (awpwriter.org)February 11-14, 2009"After Magical Realism: New Adventures in U. S. Latino Literature"Aaron Michael Morales will be reading from his work and...
Posted by on Thu, 29 May 2008 16:42:00 GMT

Interviews

Brand new interview conducted by Daniel Olivas, for La Bloga is now available.
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 17:07:00 GMT

Upcoming Events

This will be updated as events are scheduled. Feb 2008Tianguis Bookstore, Chicago ILMarch 2008April 2008
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:50:00 GMT

Online Fiction!

Short stories:"Mother of Sorrows"Drowning Tucson Excerpts:"El Camino"*The "El Camino" chapter link is only an excerpt and not the complete story.*
Posted by on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 16:46:00 GMT