JULIAN TORRES on Al Jazeera on death of FARC leader Alfonso Cano
This past Friday, November 4th, I was interviewed live on Al Jazeera via Skype an hour or so after the Colombian government confirmed the death of Alfonso Cano, the FARC’s now former leader. To learn more about Cano, here’s the video setting up my interview they screened right before I went on. Below is my … Read more
The WRIToracle Poets’ dirty laundry: The second load
- 24 June 2011 – - Album by The WRIToracle Poets – - Article by Michael Frissore – Mt. Major, New Hampshire, April 2006. We — that is, some of the WRIToracle staff members – gathered to climb Mt. Major in Alton, NH. The wordplay in this being the first WRIT Summit and that we were … Read more
Featured Poet: Julián Esteban Torres López (Radio interview on Good Gumbo Radio’s “Roux Artistry Hour”)
RADIO INTERVIEW Aired live on 18 June 2011 on Good Gumbo Radio‘s “Roux Artistry Hour,” hosted by Lily liketheflower Powers. Also performed live the following two tracks from his spoken word album: “Puberty” and “I left my heart in Medellin.” You can listen to and download the entire album — Sfumato: A Decade of Spoken … Read more
Featured Talent: Writer Julián Esteban Torres López (Interviewed by From the Bottom of my Art)
Originally published 16 June 2011 on From the Bottom of my Art. Julián Esteban Torres López was born at a young age and lived to tell about it. Julián has lived in five countries, three continents, is fluent in two languages, and in the past ten years alone has had exactly sixty-eight different roommates of … Read more
Creative Colombians: Julián Esteban Torres López (Interview with Little Colombia Observationist)
Originally published 13 June 2011 on Little Colombia Observationist. Call him a spoken-word artist, a poet, a writer, an academic or a host of other titles, this is Julián Esteban Torres López. Read on as he reveals the many stories behind his new album and, in turn, offers us his vulnerability. It’s splashed throughout with sound clips and … Read more
Torres’ message: Embody your passions
By Jillian Fennimore. Originally published 19 April 2004 on The New Hampshire. Julian Esteban Torres scans the list of coffees at Breaking New Grounds, continually choosing the second one on the board, no matter the flavor, and prefers a plain, un-toasted bagel to any others. But plain is the last word to describe Torres, as … Read more
La CaSSaDaGa meant to chronicle my various journalistic and creative writing (#poetry & #fiction) endeavours. The project quickly evolved to also become the main cross+street where Colombian talent meets the world’s. La CaSSaDaGa’s new mission is to also share with an English-speaking, int’l audience the diverse, creative talents of budding Colombian artists and introduce Colombians to the emerging, non-mainstream talents of the world. From one CaSSaDaGaN to another, welcome and bienvenidos to mi CaSSa. Don't forget to remove your shoes -- we walk barefoot around here.
