Bruce Dean Willis

is Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at The University of Tulsa. His research and publications focus on diverse aspects of poetry and performance, and expressions of Indigenous and African cultures, in Latin American literature, particularly Brazil, Chile, and Mexico.

TIME FOR CHOCOLATE is available for purchase through One Act Play Depot! A brief description:

An intoxicating evening of music, poetry, and chocolate... in pre-conquest Mexico!
Based on a fifteenth-century dialogue among nobles schooled in rhetoric and philosophy, the play pits father against son in a war of words over the power and beauty of artistic expression.

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Altarcito del Día de los Muertos


The dancing flames, the featherweight papel picado, the aromas of fresh pan de muertos and ground coffee and marigolds: the altar appears earthbound but it's all about the air.



The wafting, the waving, the ethereal invitation to the spirits: come animate, ánimas, come show your presence on the breeze. Flickering and lingering both, bring back to us the memories of you alive.


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