Ana Castillo
Autor/a de So Far from God
Sobre l'autor
Ana Castillo is the author of the novels The Mixquiahuala Letters, Sapogonia, and So Far from God; the story collection Loverboys; the critical study Massacre of the Dreamers; and several volumes of poetry. She has received an American Book Award, a Carl Sandburg Prize, and a Southwestern mostra'n més Booksellers Award for her work. She lives in Chicago. (Bowker Author Biography) Ana Castillo is the author, most recently, of "Peel My Love Like an Onion", as well as three other novels, a previous collection of poetry, "My Father Was a Toltec", & numerous other books. She lives in Chicago with her son, Michael. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Photo by Robert Birnbaum (courtesy of the photographer)
Obres de Ana Castillo
Keats, Poe, and the Shaping of Cortazar's Mythopoesis (Purdue University Monographs in Romance Languages) (1981) 2 exemplars
"Antología de Cuentistas Chicanas" Estados Unidos de los '60 a los '90 (Spanish Edition) (1993) 2 exemplars
Otro Canto 1 exemplars
Petra, la noche, tú... 1 exemplars
Castillo, Ana Archive 1 exemplars
Obres associades
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981) — Traductor, algunes edicions — 1,314 exemplars
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Col·laborador — 172 exemplars
Tasting Life Twice: Literary Lesbian Fiction by New American Writers (1995) — Col·laborador — 122 exemplars
These United States: Original Essays by Leading American Writers on Their State within the Union by John Leonard (1995) — Col·laborador — 91 exemplars
Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America (2010) — Col·laborador — 69 exemplars
Daughters of the Fifth Sun: A Collection of Latina Fiction and Poetry (1995) — Col·laborador — 53 exemplars
Latin@ Rising: An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction and Fantasy (2017) — Col·laborador — 43 exemplars
The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook: A Collection of Stories with Recipes (2016) — Col·laborador — 18 exemplars
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women (2023) — Col·laborador — 17 exemplars
Al filo de un cansancio apátrida/on the edge of a countryless weariness; poemas, translations by Daniel Fogel,… (1986) — Traductor, algunes edicions — 2 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1953-06-15
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Llocs de residència
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Educació
- University of Chicago (MA|Latin American and Caribbean Studies)
University of Bremen (PhD|American Studies|1991) - Professions
- novelist
poet - Premis i honors
- Carl Sandburg Award
Southwestern Booksellers Award - Agent
- Susan Bergholz
Membres
Ressenyes
Ana Castillo's voice pulled me through this novel--the humor and conversational tone is evident throughout. I thought it was going to be lighthearted when I started reading it, but it quickly became apparent that was not the case. It was hard to get a bead on this. I was kind of repulsed by the infatuation with her not actual cousin; I couldn't make sense of how the rapes were handled (or weren't); and I found much of the rest of the frequent, often graphic sex to be joyless, even when maybe it wasn't supposed to appear so. For much of the book, I felt really sad for Palma and also wondered if she was an anti-hero. The book doesn't have much of a plot, but really in the end, it's all about getting a fuller picture of how Palma has come to be. It was a little bit of a bummer after loving So Far From God sooooo incredibly much, but at the same time, I'm really excited to read more of Castillo's work.… (més)
I loved this book so much I found myself literally hugging it. I neglected so many other things just to sit down and take time reveling in it. Dreamy books like this are my favorite--I loved how timeless it felt even when it was very much of its time. I will return to this one, again and again.
The repetition of the positive affirmation throughout the poetic chant shows how the embedded life advice is coming from a caring place. The mix of modern Mexican mural art and ancient Aztec hieroglyphics for the books illustrations are a great way to show how the old world and new both benefit from timeless advice.
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Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 25
- També de
- 21
- Membres
- 2,277
- Popularitat
- #11,270
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 114
- ISBN
- 93
- Llengües
- 2
- Preferit
- 11
The stories in Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home take place in Chicago, New Mexico, and Mexico City and contain overlapping characters. The overlap isn't enough to make this book a novel-in-stories, but it does allow opportunities to view individual people and situations from multiple perspectives. Doña Cleanwell examines the lives of Latinx families under stress—sometimes generational differences, sometimes a lack of trust within a marriage, sometimes gender tensions. These stories don't offer sweeping narrative arcs, but the small, detailed portraits they offer are fascinating, particularly when viewed in relation to one another.
If you enjoy writing about families, Latinx fiction, and/or short stories, this is a book you'll want to read—and will probably race through, as was my experience. Once I began reading I didn't put it down until I came to the final page.
I received a free electronic review copy of this title from the publisher via NetGalley; the opinions are my own.… (més)