So Far From God (Novel 1993) January 24, 1993 – Posted in: Books

Medieval Christian mythology transformed the story of Sofia, the Greek goddess of wisdom, into the inspirational story of a heroic mother and her martyred daughters. So Far from God is Ana Castillo’s modern reinterpretation of the lives and struggles of Sofia and her four daughters, Esperanza, Caridad, Fe, and La Loca. Set in contemporary New Mexico, the novel chronicles how this family, its neighbors, and their community confront and essentially prevail over the obstacles of…

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Sapogonia (Novel 1990) January 24, 1990 – Posted in: Books

In Sapogonia, edited and revised for its Anchor publication, Ana Castillo confronts the complex issues of race and identity facing those of mixed heritage through the struggles of Máximo Madrigal, an expatriate of Sapogonia, the metaphorical homeleand of all mestizos. Subtly political, it demonstrates how warring blood within a single body resists any peaceful resolution. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year CLICK HERE SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave

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Esta Puente, Mi Espalda: Voces De Mujeres Tercermundistas En Los Estados Unidos (Spanish) Revised Edition January 27, 1988 – Posted in: Books

By Cherrie Morago (Author),‎ Ana Castillo (Author),‎ Cherrie Moraga (Author) (19880Antología de ensayos, narraciones personales y poemas escritos por mujeres de ascendencia chicana, latina, indígena, asiática y africana –en suma, mujeres de color– que viven en los Estados Unidos. Esta puente, mi espalda es la traducción y adaptación al español de la antología This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color que redactaron y recopilaron Cherríe Moraga y Gloria Anzaldúa, chicanas geniales e innovadoras de familias humildes. Las múltiples autoras de Esta puente,…

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My Father Was A Toltec (Poems 1988) January 1, 1988 – Posted in: Books

Mixing the lyrical with the colloquial, the tender with the tough, Ana Castillo has a deserved reputation as one of the country’s most powerful and entrancing novelists, but she began her literary career as a poet of uncompromising commitment and passion. My Father Was a Toltec is the sassy and street-wise collection of poems that established and secured Castillo’s place in the popular canon. It is included here in its entirety along with the best…

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The Sexuality of Latinas (Third Woman Press; 1986; second ed. 1991) January 27, 1986 – Posted in: Books

An anthology of short stories, poetry, essays, art, drama and more by thirty-seven Latina contributors. Second edition.

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The Invitation (Chapbook, 1979. 2nd edition, 1986) January 24, 1986 – Posted in: Books

“In 1979, shortly after receiving an M.A. in social sciences from the University of Chicago, she published a second chapbook, The Invitation, in which female speakers describe the experience of the erotic. Castillo’s work draws on the sometimes contradictory political influences of militant ethnic and economic struggles and feminist and lesbian perspectives. ” Read Enciclopedia Británica Article View Ebook SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSaveSaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave

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The Mixquiahuala Letters (1986) January 1, 1986 – Posted in: Books

Focusing on the relationship between two fiercely independent women–Teresa, a writer, and Alicia, an artist–this epistolary novel was written as a tribute to Julio Cort&#225zar’s Hopscotch and examines Latina forms of love, gender conflict, and female friendship. Ana Castillo’s groundbreaking first novel, The Mixquiahuala Letters, received an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation and is widely studied as a feminist text on the nature of self-conflict. “…as a writer, I continue to portray unprecedented literary characters,…

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Otro Canto (chapbook, poems, 1977) January 24, 1977 – Posted in: Books

The poet’s early beginnings… Like many Chicanas/os in the years immediately following the Chicano nationalist movement of the 1960s, Castillo saw the need to form alliances between Latinas/os in the U.S., and, of course, art became one important means of forging coalitions. Her first book of poetry, the self-published chapbook Otro Canto, pursues the theme of socio-political oppression of Third World women and men. Read Modern American Poetry Article Read ebook “Like many Chicanas/os in the…