Ana Castillo
Author of So Far from God
About the Author
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 show more 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) show less
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Works by Ana Castillo
Keats, Poe, and the Shaping of Cortazar's Mythopoesis (Purdue University Monographs in Romance Languages) (1981) 2 copies
"Antología de Cuentistas Chicanas" Estados Unidos de los '60 a los '90 (Spanish Edition) (1993) 2 copies
Otro Canto 1 copy
Petra, la noche, tú... 1 copy
Castillo, Ana Archive 1 copy
Associated Works
This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981) — Translator, some editions — 1,334 copies, 4 reviews
From Totems to Hip-Hop: A Multicultural Anthology of Poetry Across the Americas 1900-2002 (2002) — Contributor — 174 copies
Tasting Life Twice: Literary Lesbian Fiction by New American Writers (1995) — Contributor — 123 copies
These United States: Original Essays by Leading American Writers on Their State within the Union by John Leonard (1995) — Contributor — 93 copies, 1 review
Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories from the United States and Latin America (2010) — Contributor — 70 copies, 15 reviews
Daughters of the Fifth Sun: A Collection of Latina Fiction and Poetry (1995) — Contributor — 54 copies, 1 review
Latin@ Rising: An Anthology of Latin@ Science Fiction and Fantasy (2017) — Contributor — 43 copies, 1 review
Daughters of Latin America: An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women (2023) — Contributor — 25 copies, 1 review
The Artists' and Writers' Cookbook: A Collection of Stories with Recipes (2016) — Contributor — 18 copies
Latino Poetry: The Library of America Anthology (LOA #382) (Library of America, 382) (2024) — Contributor — 5 copies
Al filo de un cansancio apátrida/on the edge of a countryless weariness; poemas, translations by Daniel Fogel,… (1986) — Translator, some editions — 2 copies
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- Birthdate
- 1953-06-15
- Gender
- female
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Places of residence
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Education
- University of Chicago (MA|Latin American and Caribbean Studies)
University of Bremen (PhD|American Studies|1991) - Occupations
- novelist
poet - Awards and honors
- Carl Sandburg Award
Southwestern Booksellers Award - Agent
- Susan Bergholz
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Statistics
- Works
- 25
- Also by
- 23
- Members
- 2,311
- Popularity
- #11,110
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 114
- ISBNs
- 94
- Languages
- 2
- Favorited
- 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.… (more)