The Power of the Pen
“I LOVE MY SOLITARY LIFE,” says Albuquerque poet, novelist, and screenwriter Jimmy Santiago Baca. Abandoned by his parents as a toddler, Baca spent portions of his youth in a Santa Fe orphanage before…
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Tag: Chicano literature
What We’re Reading: A Passing West
DAGOBERTO GILB’S book of personal and journalistic essays, A Passing West (UNM Press), is as fun as it is thought-provoking. His meditations on Mexican American identity and life in the West take…
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A Cuentista’s Magic
SINCE ITS PUBLICATION in 1972, Bless Me, Ultima has inspired countless people across this country and around the globe, both young and old, to read, write, and listen with a sincere appreciation for…
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The Godfather
AND WITH ULTIMA came the owl … On a starry night in September 2016, I am camping near the New Mexico–Colorado state line and reading Bless Me, Ultima in the shadowy light of a kerosene lamp. I am…
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