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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

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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, 2024

Songs of the Lords of Anahuac

May 12, 2024

At Hummingbird Mountain

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

Oct 9

At Hummingbird Mountain

Oct 9

No One Will Remain

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

Oct 7

No One Will Remain

Oct 7

“La Llorona” in Nahuatl

My son-in-law Jesse Navarro and I have been working on a version of the traditional Oaxacan folk song “La Llorona.” Though its popularity…

Oct 5

“La Llorona” in Nahuatl

Oct 5

Xochimilco — City and Kingdom

One of the central locales in the Lakeside Loves books and novellas is the Diarchy of Xochimilco and its capital, the city of Xochimilco…

Aug 23

Xochimilco — City and Kingdom

Aug 23

A New Defiant Writing Project

As a queer writer and a lifelong fan of LGBTQ romance, my answer to the fascist push in the US to ban queer books and erase trans people is…

Aug 23

A New Defiant Writing Project

Aug 23

9 Misconceptions about the “Aztecs”

The more I write historical fiction and queer historical romance set in Anahuac (present-day Central Mexico) during the 1400s, the more I…

Aug 8

9 Misconceptions about the “Aztecs”

Aug 8

Revolutionary Nahuatl, Part IV

Macamo xicmacahua inic mitzpatcazqueh in ahtlacah. Don’t let the bastards grind you down.

Jul 12

Revolutionary Nahuatl, Part IV

Jul 12

Sex, Romance, Queerness, and Gender in Classical Nahuatl

When I started studying Nahuatl almost twenty years ago, I noticed—as a queer man—that most analyses of Nahuatl vocabulary concerning…

Jul 8

Sex, Romance, Queerness, and Gender in Classical Nahuatl

Jul 8

La formación de sustantivos compuestos en el náhuatl clásico

En náhuatl clásico, una lengua aglutinante de la familia yuto-nahua, los sustantivos compuestos se forman principalmente mediante la…

Jun 3

La formación de sustantivos compuestos en el náhuatl clásico

Jun 3

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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