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Castillo Ana
So Far from God: A Novel
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"A delightful novel...impossible to resist."—Barbara Kingsolver, Los Angeles Times Book Review Sofia and her fated daughters, Fe, Esperanza, Caridad, and la Loca, endure hardship and enjoy love in the sleepy New Mexico hamlet of Tome, a town teeming with marvels where the comic and the horrific, the real and the supernatural, reside.
The Guardians: A Novel
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From American Book Award-winning author Ana Castillo comes a suspenseful, moving novel about a sensuous, smart, and fiercely independent woman. Eking out a living as a teacher’s aide in a small New Mexican border town, Tía Regina is also raising her teenage nephew, Gabo, a hardworking boy who has entered the country illegally and aspires to the priesthood. When Gabo’s father, Rafa, disappears while crossing over from Mexico, Regina fears the worst. After several days of waiting and with an ominous phone call from a woman who may be connected to a smuggling ring, Regina and Gabo resolve to find Rafa. Help arrives in the form of Miguel, an amorous, recently divorced history teacher; Miguel’s gregarious abuelo Milton; a couple of Gabo’s gangbanger classmates; and a priest of wayward faith. Though their journey is rife with challenges and danger, it will serve as a remarkable testament to family bonds, cultural pride, and the human experience Praise for The GuardiansNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE“An always skilled storyteller, [Castillo] grounds her writing in . . . humor, love, suspense and heartache–that draw the reader in.” – Chicago Sunday Sun-Times“A rollicking read, with jokes and suspense and joy rides and hearts breaking . . . This smart, passionate novel deserves a wide audience.” –Los Angeles Times“What drives the novel is its chorus of characters, all, in their own way, witnesses and guardian angels. In the end, Castillo’s unmistakable voice–earthy, impassioned, weaving a ‘hybrid vocabulary for a hybrid people’–is the book’s greatest revelation.” –Time Out New York“A wonderful novel . . . Castillo’s most important accomplishment in The Guardians is to give a unique literary voice to questions about what makes up a ‘family.’ ” –El Paso Times“A moving book that is both intimate and epic in its narrative.” –Oscar Hijuelos, author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love
My Father Was a Toltec: and Selected Poems
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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 of her early poems. Ana Castillo’s poetry speaks—in English and Spanish—to every reader who has felt the pangs of exile, the uninterrupted joy of love, and the deep despair of love lost.
Goddess of the Americas
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Goddess of the Americas is a brilliant study and an impassioned, unorthodox celebration of the Virgin of Guadalupe: mother goddess, patron saint of Mexico, protector of the downtrodden, who made her first appearance on American soil in 1531. Through a variety of forms?original essays, historical writings, fiction, drama, and poetry?the illustrious contributors to this volume examine the impact this potent deity has had on the people and culture of Mexico, and her influence beyond that country, in Latin America, North America, and Europe. An unprecedented contribution to the literature of the Americas, Goddess of the Americas is an invigorating investigation, an idiosyncratic adoration, and a profound recognition of our need for the sacred, unwavering love of the mother goddess. Francisco Alarcon * Luis Alfaro * Gloria Anzaldua * Ronnie Burk * Rosario Castellanos * Ana Castillo * Denise Chavez * Sandra Cisneros * Felipe Ehrenberg * Clarissa Pinkola Estes * Rosario Ferre * Francisco Goldman * Guillermo Gomez-Pe?a * F. Gonzalez-Crussi * Nancy Mairs * Ruben Martinez * Pat Mora * Cherrie Moraga * Octavio Paz * Elena Poniatowska * Margaret Randall * Jeanette Rodriguez * Luis Rodriguez * Richard Rodriguez * Miriam Sagan * Luisah Teish * Liliana Valenzuela
I Ask the Impossible: Poems
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An Anchor Books Original Cherished for her passionate fiction and exuberant essays, the author hailed by Julia Alvarez as ?una storyteller de primera,? and by Barbara Kingsolver in The Los Angeles Times as ?impossible to resist,? returns to her first love?poetry?to reveal an unwavering commitment to social justice, and a fervent embrace of the sensual world. With the poems in I Ask the Impossible, Castillo celebrates the strength that "is a woman?buried deep in [her] heart." Whether memorializing real-life heroines who have risked their lives for humanity, spinning a lighthearted tale for her young son, or penning odes to mortals, gods, goddesses, Castillo?s poems are eloquent and rich with insight. She shares over twelve years of poetic inspiration, from her days as a writer who ?once wrote poems in a basement with no heat," through the tenderness of motherhood and bitterness of loss, to the strength of love itself, which can ?make the impossible a simple act." Radiant with keen perception, wit, and urgency, sometimes erotic, often funny, this inspiring collection sounds the unmistakable voice of a "woman on fire? / and more worthy than stone."
The Mixquiahuala Letters
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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 Cortázar'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.
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Cinemalaya keeps on growing - BusinessWorld Online
BusinessWorld Online, Philippines - May 25, 2009
BusinessWorld OnlineCinemalaya keeps on growingThe movie features a city mayor (Celso Ad. Castillo) who backs a vigilante group responsible for many unsolved murders of teen gangsters. Last Supper No.3 is a humorous look at the path our legal system takes to justice. It is based on the real-life
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A+ Briefs 5-26 - Journal Times
Journal Times, WI - May 26, 2009
A+ Briefs 5-26SIXTH GRADE: Amber Alkinburgh, Austin Borowski, Haille Brieske, Lexie Brown, Brandon Carriveau, Jorge Castillo-Cruz, Jacob Cruz, Amonie Everson, Ariana Freeman, Victor Garcia, Tabitha Gier, Trevor Hendrickson, Nikolaus Herdt, Jeffrey Hubbard Jr.,
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CBJ: Property Transfers & Building Permits - Charlottesville Daily Progress
Charlottesville Daily Progress, VA - May 26, 2009
CBJ: Property Transfers & Building Permits Thomas E., parcel described in Deed Book 3712 at page 450, $309000. l Kannapell, R. Joseph to Ritter, Kimberly F., lot 3 block C Barterbrook, $305000. l NVR Inc to Castillo, Erika Andrea, lot 23 phase 1 The Pavilions at Pantops, $261340.
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Bankruptcy watch - Arkansas Democrat Gazette
Arkansas Democrat Gazette, AR - May 25, 2009
Bankruptcy watchMcGEHEE Alex Castillo (dba A&F Trucking), 143 Sunset Lane, May 14, Chapter 13. MINTURN Ronnie Eugene and Barbara Jean Brown, PO Box 85, May 15, Chapter 7. MONTICELLO Joshua U. Martin, 1328 E. Jackson, May 20, Chapter 7. MOUNTAIN HOME Beverly Mays
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8th-grade promotion candidates at Brooks - Naperville Sun
Naperville Sun, IL - May 12, 2009
8th-grade promotion candidates at BrooksAdriana Toledo-Castillo, Ana Bertha Torres, Tyler Trester, Reginald Tripplett, Angel Valdez, Abigail Valek, Yolanda Valles, Bibiana Varma-Huicochea, Phylicia Vaughn Holiday, Samantha Vega, Natalie Velasco, Miguel Vera, Karen Victoria, Enrique Villalon,
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