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David Bowles

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Feathered serpent, dark heart of sky: myths of Mexico

Feathered serpent, dark heart of sky: myths of Mexico

An epic retranslation, adaptation, and weaving together of the most important myths of pre-Invasion Mesoamerica.

2018

Stories

Pinned

Songs of the Lords of Anahuac

The codex called Romances de los señores de la Nueva España, usually translated Ballads of the Lords of New Spain, consists of forty-two…

May 12

Songs of the Lords of Anahuac

May 12

Resistance in 15th-Century Mesoamerica

In my novel of historical fiction The Prince & the Coyote, I show the exiled crown prince of Tetzcoco grappling philosophically with his…

Nov 27

Resistance in 15th-Century Mesoamerica

Nov 27

Community, Family, Identity: Autobiographical Reflections

Nov 4

Community, Family, Identity: Autobiographical Reflections

Nov 4

Nahuatl Note: “Teotl” vs. “god”

You may have read people making the claim that pre-Spanish Invasion Nahua peoples (Mexica and other “Aztecs” as well as their rivals in…

Oct 22

Nahuatl Note: “Teotl” vs. “god”

Oct 22

Nahuatl Note: “Tlahtoani” vs. “king”

When writing about or discussing Nahua society before the Spanish invasion, one invariably is faced with the question of how to deal with…

Oct 20

Nahuatl Note: “Tlahtoani” vs. “king”

Oct 20

Only Our Story Survives

The twenty-fourth cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España…

Jul 5

Only Our Story Survives

Jul 5

I Will Pick the Lovely Blooms

The twenty-third cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España…

Jun 27

I Will Pick the Lovely Blooms

Jun 27

Burst Open, Escaping

The twenty-second cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España.

Jun 24

Burst Open, Escaping

Jun 24

Shroud Yourselves

The twenty-first cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España.

Jun 21

Shroud Yourselves

Jun 21

Inscribe Our Names

The twentieth cuicatl in Songs of the Lords of Anahuac, my English translation of the codex Romances de los señores de la Nueva España. It…

Jun 12

Inscribe Our Names

Jun 12

David Bowles

David Bowles

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A Mexican American author & translator from South Texas. Teaches literature & Nahuatl at UTRGV. President of the Texas Institute of Letters.

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