Good-enough mothers Book review by Tania Casselle of Wrecker by Summer Wood In her second novel, Wrecker, New Mexico author Summer Wood draws on her personal experience as a foster parent. Wrecker is a bruiser of a boy who “seemed to need to feel his body collide with the physical … Continue reading
The Story on the Street by Tania Casselle for Local Flavor magazine. On a chile-hot August afternoon, Ledoux Street in Taos has a far-from-the-madding-crowd tranquility that belies its location. It’s just a few steps from the Plaza and the busy main thoroughfare, but a world away in atmosphere. As I stroll … Continue reading
The Show Must Go On Cover story for International Arts Manager by Tania Casselle Lake Constance is not just a backdrop to the Bregenzer Festspiele’s Floating Stage. Directors use the lake for deliberate impact – in Carmen’s first act the brawling girls tumble into the water, and Fidelio’s Don Fernando … Continue reading
From Monkey Mind to Wild Mind Interview with Natalie Goldberg by Tania Casselle for UK magazine Mslexia. Just as a writer sits down to face a white page, so the Zen master must sit on a meditation cushion and face a white wall – hour after hour, day after day. … Continue reading
Writers on Radio Hosted by Tania Casselle Tania Casselle was the host of Writers on Radio for five years, a literary chat show broadcast in New Mexico/ Colorado on NPR-affiliate KRZA, and syndicated to stations including KTAO, KVOT, KUNM and KLDK. Writers on Radio was sponsored by SOMOS and produced … Continue reading
Teens Take Taos with Miranda July Report and photos by Tania Casselle for Release Print Magazine. “So, what do you want to film today?” asked video maker David Wilson to a quartet of teenagers, laden with cameras and mikes. How students from Massachusetts, California, and all points between went hands-on … Continue reading
Adrenaline Junkies in a Mañana Town Festival review and visitor guide to Taos for Film Festival Channel TV. There comes a moment at the Taos Mountain Film Festival when you start feeling like a wimp if you haven’t hurled yourself over a cliff recently, kayaked the Orinoco, or out-skied an … Continue reading
Upturn Downtown – The Lensic Performing Arts Center, Santa Fe The reinvention of a former vaudeville theater in one of America’s ‘Wild West’ cities gives a shot in the arm to Santa Fe’s arts and culture scene.
Movie fans awaiting the follow-up to director Chris Eyre’s hit feature Smoke Signals will not be disappointed by Skins. Filmed on location at the Pine Ridge Reservation, Skins tells the story of Rudy Yellow Lodge (Eric Schweig), a reservation cop whose job includes regular encounters with his unruly but endearing … Continue reading
“Those teepees need Viagra,”said comedian Drew Lacapa. He was watching an old black and white movie where a circle of whooping Indians hopped around Buster Keaton, tied to a stake in the center of a fire. “Do you know that dance?” Story by Tania Casselle on images of Indians in … Continue reading
