Maceo Montoya's guest appearances

Maceo Montoya

KQED's Forum

Words on a Wire

Hart Hall Podcast

Reyna Grande

Kamala Harris

Nancy Pelosi

Nick Kristof

Aaron Sorkin

Jo Boaler

Gail Collins

Ijeoma Oluo

Colson Whitehead

Rick Hanson

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Ben Franklin

Michael Pollan

Alexis Coe

Jon Mooallem

OwlTail

Associate Professor Maceo Montoa from UCD's Chicano/a/x Studies department and I discuss Maceo's writing, artistic upbringing/rebellion, his latest book Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces, and more.maceomontoya.com

Associate Professor Maceo Montoa from UCD's Chicano/a/x Studies department and I discuss Maceo's writing, artistic upbringing/rebellion, his latest book Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces, and more. <a href="http://maceomontoya.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">maceomontoya.com</a>

09 - Associate Professor Maceo Montoya

For our inaugural Forum Book Club, we’ve picked Maceo Montoya’s “Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces.” The book interweaves its narrative with drawings and scholarly footnotes to tell the story of an aspiring painter with grand ambitions. This would-be artist faces several roadblocks: he is coming of age in 1940s New Mexico with no economic means to support his dreams and, instead of painting, he writes long notes for future works of art. Montoya takes readers along the narrator’s quest to become a celebrated artist — a journey that takes unusual turns including runs in with Chicanx historical figures such as activist Reies Lopez Tijerina and writer Oscar Zeta Acosta. In this comical and satirical tale, Montoya takes aim at what it means to tell a Chicano story, which Chicano narratives are elevated and who gets to become an artist. We’ll meet on the air to talk with Montoya and hear readers’ comments, reactions and questions.

For our inaugural <a href="http://www.kqed.org/forum/bookclub" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Forum Book Club,</a> we’ve picked <a href="https://unpress.nevada.edu/books/?isbn=9781647790004" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Maceo Montoya’s “Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces.”</a> The book interweaves its narrative with drawings and scholarly footnotes to tell the story of an aspiring painter with grand ambitions. This would-be artist faces several roadblocks: he is coming of age in 1940s New Mexico with no economic means to support his dreams and, instead of painting, he writes long notes for future works of art. Montoya takes readers along the narrator’s quest to become a celebrated artist — a journey that takes unusual turns including runs in with Chicanx historical figures such as activist Reies Lopez Tijerina and writer Oscar Zeta Acosta. In this comical and satirical tale, Montoya takes aim at what it means to tell a Chicano story, which Chicano narratives are elevated and who gets to become an artist. We’ll meet on the air to talk with Montoya and hear readers’ comments, reactions and questions.

July Book Club: ‘Preparatory Notes for Future Masterpieces’ by Maceo Montoya

David Campos

In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacon interviews David Campos and Maceo Montoya on American Quasar, a collaboration that mixes poetry and image

In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacon interviews David Campos and Maceo Montoya on American Quasar, a collaboration that mixes poetry and image

Episode 22: David Campos and Maceo Montoya