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General details


  • younheart

  • Taos, NM

  • Ronald P. Chavez

  • Santa Rosa High School


  • English

In short

  • I am a published short fiction and poetry writer.  I've also written a screenplay.  Recently published collection of short stories and poems, Time of Triumph-preview and purchase on Amazon.com.  Currently writing a novel.  Have completed 17 chapters subject to final editing by a professional editor in my employ.  I write full time.  I also write poetry in Spanish which has been widely published.  Have recited poetry over NPR and many local venues in both Spanish and English.  Check me out at timeoftriumph.net.  My quest is to land an agent for my novel in progress upon completion.  My novel spins a story set in Taos regarding the three living cultures, Indian, Spanish and whites.  It includes romance, history, nature, violence and the undercurrents of bigotry, intrigue, love of the land, war and uncommon friendship found  in all cultures.  the main characters are a woman from Boston, an Indian from Taos Pueblo and a poet of Spanish ancestry.

  • Ronald P. Chávez
    (Short Stories-Published)
    Voces, an anthology-UNM Press
    Guadalupe Communicator
    Talk back-Taos, New Mexico

    (Poems-Published)
    Guadalupe Communicator
    Crepusculo- Taos news
    Tempo-Taos News
    Talk Back-Taos
    Masters Quarterly
    La Herencia Magazine-Santa Fe
    American Memories Project-New York
    Poetry Rivals’ Collection 2009-London, England

    (Published Book)
    Time of Triumph-Preview-Purchase on Amazon.com
    Short Stories-Poems-English-Spanish

    (Recitals)
    All points Gallery-Teri Bennett Gallery
    Two Graces Gallery-Somos -Taos Poetry Slam
    Café Tazza-NPR Radio-Alamosa, Colorado
    Jerry Apodaca Talk Radio-Santa Fe-Dixon, NM Poetry
    Ranchos Coffee Shop-Open Mikes-Questa.NM Poetry
    Movie Script by Chávez-The Loneliest Road-Café Loca

    (Route 66 Icon-Featured)
    (Books)
    Route 66, the Mother Road
    Searching for 66-Route 66 Guide Book
    Route 66 Cookbook
    Owner/Chef-Route 66 Club Cafe

     (TV-Radio-Route66 Icon-Featured)
    Good Morning America-Eye on LA
    PBS-American Playhouse-Ford on the Road
    Tom Brokaw News Hour
    Radio:  NPR- San Francisco

    (Newspapers and Magazines)
    Dallas Morning News-Life Magazine
    Chicago Sun Times-Albuquerque Tribune
    Denver Post –Japanese Playboy-Tempo Taos News
    Santa Fe New Mexican-High Country Mag
    Entertainment Weekly Mag-New Mexico Magazine

    (Actor)
    Stage-Crescent Moon Bear-TCA-Taos
    Screen-Taos the Movie
    Speaker-Carmel, Calif. Toastmasters

    (AWARDS)
    Finalist-2008 New Mexico Book Awards
    Time of Triumph

    (Reviews)
    Kirkus Discoveries-New York, NY
    Time of Triumph-Amazon.com-Tempo Taos News
    Timeoftriumph.net-Chávez Site

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