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NYT bestselling author • American historian • Harvard Nieman Fellow • National Political Writer • LAMonthly.org

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Tony Castro’s Biography

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TONY CASTRO is a Harvard and Baylor University-educated historian, Napoleonic scholar and bestselling author of several books, including the landmark civil rights history "Chicano Power," which Publishers Weekly acclaimed as “brilliant… a valuable contribution to the understanding of our time.”

He is also the author of critically recognized biographies of Ernest Hemingway and baseball legends Mickey Mantle and Joe DiMaggio, as well as the new best-selling dual biography of Babe Ruth and Lou Geh…

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ALATORRE: 'I Am Not The Apostle'

ALATORRE: 'I Am Not The Apostle'

The Richard Alatorre I knew, the Richard Alatorre who said he had to change the world - and to a great degree…

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From American Immigrant Dream to Drunken Nightmare

From American Immigrant Dream to Drunken Nightmare

A video of the arrest shows Wendy Carrillo looking so inebriated that she appears starting to fall in the mid…

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ALATORRE: 'I Am Not The Apostle'

ALATORRE: 'I Am Not The Apostle'

The Richard Alatorre I knew, the Richard Alatorre who said he had to change the world - and to a great degree…

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Living in the Shadow of Ruben Salazar

Living in the Shadow of Ruben Salazar

On Aug. 29, 1970, the National Chicano Moratorium in East Los Angeles protested the disproportionately high c…

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Tony Castro's America

Tony Castro's America

New York Times bestselling author Tony Castro talks about his new book Maris & Mantle: Two Yankees, Immortali…

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Looking for Hemingway

Looking for Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway, the most famous literary figure of his time, sets out in the twilight of his life on a quix…

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MICKEY & BILLY | Kirkus Reviews

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By Tony Castro
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A blissfully vicarious, heartfelt glimpse into the life of a Manhattan burlesque dancer. A former New York City dancer reflects on her zesty heyday in the 1970s. Discovered on a Manhattan street in 2020 and introduced on Stanton’s Humans of New York Instagram page, Johnson, then 76, shares her dynamic history as a “fiercely independent” Black burlesque dancer who used the stage name Tanqueray and became a celebrated fixture in midtown adult theaters.
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The Sad, Sudden Passing of Lucy’s El Adobe Café Heiress Patty Casado

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By Tony Castro
| LA Monthly
Resurrecting Lucy’s El Adobe Café, a beloved Hollywood landmark facing a hopeful revival, restaurateur heiress Patricia Casado fought to restore her father Frank’s legacy. After years of decline, closure, and a bitter inheritance battle, she leaves a lasting memory of nostalgia and resilience to a part of L.A.’s cherished past.
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Tony Castro's America

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By Tony Castro
| Substack
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What was your first job as a journalist?

Sports writer at the age of 16 at my hometown daily

Have you ever used a typewriter?

yes

How is social media changing news?

It's destroyed about two-thirds of old mainstream journalism.