Christopher Rosales

Christopher David Rosales' third novel is WORD IS BONE.

[Christopher Rosales @CDRosales]

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I couldn't be happier to share this story at home with Black Warrior Review. "Mix-Tape Obituary" @BlackWarriorRev

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Christopher David Rosales’ flash piece “Mix-Tape Obituary,” runner-up in BWR’s 2024 “Creatures” Flash Contest, is now available to read online! Christopher shares his thoughts on the piece & the larger project it is a part of below.

“Mix-Tape Obituary is part of my growing collection of works, a short fiction collection and a novel, that find futurist hope in decolonial speculations on Los Angeles County. The works that most inspire me; being the works of Gloria Anzaldúa, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Valeria Luiselli, Lalo Alcaraz, Lorna Dee Cervantes, and film-makers Guillermo Del Toro and Alex Rivera; they inspire me through their radically-inclusive ethos, their rasquache aesthetics, and their lineage of socio-politically & popular-culturally responsive genre-hybridity and satire.

They hold a psychic space for the multiple representations of Chicanx/Latinx we see in the dominant history of American film and literature, decolonized by our critical conversations with a growing audience of allies. These works are not solely satire and not science fiction. I think of them as: realer than fiction. There’s a multiplicity of colonial realities (often popularly represented) through which our family stories have survived, and these multiple realities make their way into the being, and thus the work—the societal tongue is firmly in cheek, while across the cosmos the same tongue succeeds in wagging.”

We’re honored to share this visionary work with our readers.

Read “Mix-Tape Obituary” by following the link in our bio, or click below.

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Christopher David Rosales is a novelist and short-story writer from Paramount (Los Angeles County), CA. He is the author of Word Is Bone (2019 Broken River Books), winner of the International Latino Book Award, and Gods On the Lam (2017 Ghoulish Books). Most recently, Rosales’ writing workshops fostered essays by Dreamers collected in An Anthology of Dreams from an Impossible Journey, which won an International Latino Book Award in 2023. He currently lives and teaches in Los Angeles, CA.

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The American dream takes on a whole new shape. From the visionary mind of Julio Torres comes PROBLEMISTA, a hilarious and heartfelt comedy about dreaming big and making it in NYC. Starring Julio, Tilda Swinton, RZA, Greta Lee, and narrated by Isabella Rossellini. Coming Soon!

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The Helena Maria Viramontes Lecture in Latina/o/x Literature is beyond excited to host @CarriFragoza on March 16, 2023. --SAVE THE DATE-- And see more details at https://t.co/H1x9HNrgYo.

[Elizabeth S Craig @elizabethscraig]

5 Uniquely Chicanx/Latinx Representations in Crime Fiction: https://t.co/9w3uIO33L7 @CDRosales @CrimeReads #wkb3b

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@CrabbyStewie @johnfosterfic @BobPastorella @spiderfrogged Thanks for picking up Gods On the Lam in great company!

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@CrabbyStewie @johnfosterfic @BobPastorella @spiderfrogged Thanks!

[Christopher Rosales @CDRosales]

Infusing Fiction w/ Culture the Reader Can Feel https://t.co/l89VnohLPz I’m happy to share this @writersdigest article featuring a special shoutout to my hometown of Paramount. If you know me, you know how much this means to me.

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@alex_segura @CrimeReads @PolisBooks As soon as the list idea came to me so did that book. Great series, Alex!

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These novels by writers from historically marginalized communities, rounded up by Christopher David Rosales (@CDRosales), create rendezvous-points of cultural negotiation by appropriating major commercial genres. https://t.co/0O9O9j1MYj

[Christopher Rosales @CDRosales]

So happy to shout-out these favorites of mine for their unique expressions within the crime genre! #crimefiction #fiction A big thanks to @CrimeReads for making this share possible!

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These novels by writers from historically marginalized communities, rounded up by Christopher David Rosales (@CDRosales), create rendezvous-points of cultural negotiation by appropriating major commercial genres. https://t.co/0O9O9j1MYj

[Meg James @MegJamesLAT]

Hollywood has a "pipeline" problem. Latinos make up 18% of the U.S. workforce but only 4% of media executives are Latino. Why is it so hard (particularly for those born in the U.S.) to break into entertainment?? Cris Abrego knows: ⬇️⬇️@latimes https://t.co/LLVoHsVShq

[CSUF Alumni @csufalumni]

In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, we'd like to spotlight producer alumnus Cris Abrego! Cris is determined to empower Latinxs & pushed his companies, selling shows to Telemundo & more. At #CSUF, the Abrego Future Scholars Program provides financial & academic support to students.

[Christopher Rosales @CDRosales]

Timely crime by @nkolakowski in @shotgunhoney "Contact Tracing" https://t.co/1Tlj9H0tfb
#noir #CrimeFiction

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Using a little free time to add to the collection. The Amazing Noir Books You Have To Read @mulhollandbooks https://t.co/5Gx9mDwYVl

[Susan Frith @SusanFrith8]

Memorable piece by @CDRosales in the latest issue of @CleaverMagazine.
PETS FOR PENITENTS by Christopher David Rosales https://t.co/OoQepZm1So via @httpstwittercomCleaverMagazine

[Christopher Rosales @CDRosales]

@SusanFrith8 @CleaverMagazine Thanks for this @SusanFrith8 ! I loved WELCOME CENTER
(Some Notes for Our Visitors). I’m thinking of starting an online writers group or book club. Let’s stay in touch.

[Robert Garcia @RobertGarcia]

Listening to our President downplay this pandemic which killed both my parents is fucking infuriating.

[Christopher Rosales @CDRosales]

Played “Paramount-opoly” with my godson. So much fun to see the landmarks of my hometown in the game.

I wanted to play “Peaceful-Protest-Opoly” but it seems like all the players just Go To Jail.

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'The Princess Bride' cast is reuniting and Ted Cruz is livid about why
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