SPIRITIST MANUAL by "Bhima" (Francisco I. Madero), Translated and introduced on its centennial by C.M. Mayo

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THE SECRET BOOK OF THE LEADER OF MEXICO'S 1910 REVOLUTION, SPIRITIST MANUAL (1911) BY FRANCISCO I. MADERO, TRANSLATED BY C.M. MAYO (DANCING CHIVA, 2011)

NOVEMBER 11, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
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WHO: Francisco I. Madero, leader of the Mexican Revolution of 1910, and President of Mexico from 1911-1913, author (as "Bhima") of the Manual espírita, originally published in 1911.

The translator, C.M. Mayo, is author of several works on Mexico, most recently, The Last Prince of the Mexican Empire (Unbridled Books, 2009) which was named a Library Journal Best Book 2009. Mayo is also editor of Mexico: A Traveler's Literary Companion (Whereabouts Press, 2006), a portrait of Mexico in the fiction and literary prose of 24 contemporary Mexican writers.

WHAT: The first English language translation of Manual espírita as the Spiritist Manual.

WHY: This year marks the centennial of this book which is, in the words of C.M. Mayo, "an essential work for understanding Madero, the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and his presidency."

WHERE: Cyberspace, space, and Mexico City.

Cyberspace: The book has been published on Kindle, available on www.amazon.com
(Other digital and print editions are forthcoming.)

Space: Madero claims in his book that that is where we all end up, so maybe that's where he is.

Mexico City: C.M. Mayo's office.


WHEN: The book is published today, 11-11-11.
2011 marks the book's centennial.

ABOUT THE SPIRITIST MANUAL

ABOUT FRANCISCO I. MADERO

ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR, C.M. MAYO

Q & A WITH C.M. MAYO

RESOURCES FOR RESEARCHERS

ONE MINUTE VIDEO (TRAILER)




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June 2011 News

NEW IN THE CATALOG

New in the Catalog:Now for sale as both Kindle and PDF download: "The Building of Quality," the novelesque short story by C.M. Mayo, from the Kenyon Review.

NEW E-BOOK

As PDF download: "From Mexico to Miramar or, Across the Lake of Oblivion," by C.M. Mayo, from the Massachusetts Review, winner of the Washington Writing Prize for Best Personal Essay. (Kindle and iBook editions forthcoming.)
Free to anyone who joins the (also free) Dancing Chiva Literary Arts Club: C.M. Mayo on Creative Writing: The Best from the Blog. Click here to download it now.

Writing workshops: The schedule will be updated soon. C.M. Mayo will also be offering a one day "Techniques of Fiction" workshop at the Writer's Center (near Washington DC) in September. Click here for more details.

New podcast for writers:On Decluttering Your Writing: The Interior Decoration Analogy
C.M. Mayo offers a bit of advice for writers. From the series on creative writing at the Madam Mayo blog. (About 7 minutes.)

Many more free podcasts for writers here.http://www.dancingchiva.com/listen.html

Read more on the Dancing Chiva "news" page.

March 2011: C.M. Mayo Workshop in May; new release of audio CD "From Mexico to Miramar"

C. M. Mayo's popular "Techniques of Fiction" one day workshop will be offered in Mexico City on Saturday, May 28, 2011. In our shop: PayPal is up and running. You can now pay instantly and safely using any major credit card. We have also re-issued C.M. Mayo's award-winning double CD, "From Mexico to Miramar or, Across the Lake of Oblivion" about a visit to Maximilian's castle in Trieste. For more about our forthcoming Maximiliana, join the Dancing Chiva Literary Arts Club! You will receive advance news, special discounts and more!

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February 2011 Workshops for Spring 2011

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January 2011 Dancing Chiva's new website www.dancingchiva.com

Our completely redesigned webpage is under construction! We will be launching several e-books and limited editions in 2011.

CATALOG: We invite you to view our catalog, which features forthcoming Baja Californiana, Maximiliana, and Works for Writers.

WORKSHOPS: C.M. Mayo's "Techniques of Fiction" one day workshop will be offered in Mexico City this fall; look for on-line registration on the workshop page soon.

LISTEN: to a new podcast, "Hell, I Knew It Was Paradise," from one of our forthcoming e-books, C. Mayo's widely-lauded travel memoir of Baja California, Miraculous Air.

WATCH: We have now have a YouTube channel. At present it shows "trailers" for books (all in print and available in paperback on www.amazon.com from other publishers) by C.M. Mayo. We will be adding more videos for the forthcoming Dancing Chiva titles in the coming weeks.

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SHOP: Our e-book titles will be available on iBooks and Kindle (amazon.com), and our own on-line shop will offer some very unusual autographed limited editions. Stay tuned.

Thank you for your interest!