C.M. Soto’s poem, “Ripened” was published in the Maple Leaf Rag: An Anthology of Poetic Writing in January of 2019. Congratulation to the 60-plus writers featured in this 40-year-anniversary anthology. Get your copy at this link. #cmsotostory Continue reading “Ripened” by C.M. Soto published in 2019 Maple Leaf Rag Anthology
C.M. Soto read an excerpt from her travel essay, “Bohemian Graveyard Shift” at The New Movement’s curated storytelling series, Unreliable on Oct 26, 2017. The monthly storytelling event presenting real people telling true stories with musical accompaniment featured Tami Nelson, C.m. Soto, Nick Detrich, Joseph Meissner, and Adam Karlin. The musical guest was singer/songwriter, Jack Donovan Unreliable was curated by David Hamilton and Franny Zooey. #cmsoto #cmsotostory Video credit: Mike … Continue reading C.M. Soto Performs Essay, “Bohemian Graveyard Shift” live at The New Movement
Special thanks to Dean Shapiro and Breakthru Media for this lovely expose’ in the September/October 2017 issue! Their attention to detail was so refreshing. Thanks to the photographers who contributed to the article: Sally Asher, Mike Goetz, Roy Guste! Click here to read the article! #cmsotostory #vinyluxury Continue reading C.M. Soto (Vinylux) Featured in the September/October 2017 Issue of Breakthru
On June 30 and July 1, 2017, The Marigny Opera House presented Ice Scream Theater, a one-woman multi-media musical based on traumatic true events in the early life of the author/actor C.M. Soto (Vinylux). Built in 1853, The Marigny Opera House is a spiritual and artistic venue in the Bywater, New Orleans. THE STORY Brought up in a drug-house, 13-year-old Vinylux succumbs to the 80’s drug … Continue reading Vinylux Performs Ice Scream Theater at Marigny Opera House, New Orleans
Second edition released! These are the Rooms to My Mother’s House tells the story of one woman’s journey from a white-trash childhood with a drug addicted mother to becoming a mother herself, plagued by the self-doubt and self-destructive behavior. Some rooms are bedtime stories like “Storage”: “When we were the children, the rooms were like gardens, and the weeding we did was done to belongings.” Some rooms … Continue reading Poetry and Photography Chapbook by C.M. Soto Released
C.M. Soto’s poem about single parenting, “Puzzle Piecing” was published in the Maple Leaf Rag VI: An Anthology of Poetic Writing in January of 2018. The book was released at New Orleans Public Library – Milton H Latter Branch. Congratulation to the 60-plus writers featured in this lovely anthology. Support the local writing scene and get your copy on Amazon at this link. #cmsotostory Continue reading “Puzzle Piecing” by C.M. Soto published in 2018 Maple Leaf Rag VI
C.M. Soto (Vinylux) was the featured poet for the longest running poetry series in the City of New Orleans, The Maple Leaf Poetry Series. It took place at the popular Oak Street venue, The Maple Leaf lounge on May of 2016. Chris Champagne hosted the Sunday afternoon event. Soto performing the title song for Ice Scream Theater, and the Poem, “Keeper of the Lops.” Ice Scream … Continue reading Vinylux is Featured Poet at Maple Leaf Poetry Series 2016
“Ode to a Witch Doctor,” and “Easy” by C.M. Soto were published in the Fall 2000 issue of The Cedar Hill Review out of Mena, Arkansas. It was reprinted in Soto’s anthology, These are the Rooms to my Mother’s House. #cmsotostory Continue reading “Ode to a Witch Doctor,” and “Easy” by C.M. Soto published in Cedar Hill Review
“Easy,” “Witch Exhibit,” “Keeper of the Lops,” and “Trimming the Dead” by C.M. Soto were published in the 2000 issue of Cold Mountain Review out of Boone, North Carolina. The poems were reprinted in Soto’s anthology, These are the Rooms to my Mother’s House. #cmsotostory Continue reading Four poems by C.M. Soto published in the 2000 Cold Mountain Review
“Storage” was published in 1999 in The Amherst Review, a liberal-arts-college magazine in Amherst, Massachusetts. The poems were reprinted in Soto’s anthology, These are the Rooms to my Mother’s House. #cmsotostory Continue reading “Storage” by C.M. Soto published in 1999 Amherst Review
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