{"product_id":"conversations-with-rudolfo-anaya-rudolfo-a-anaya-9781617037009","title":"Conversations with Rudolfo Anaya","description":"In 1972 Rudolfo Anaya (1937-2020) made a quiet entry into American literature with the publication of \u003ci\u003eBless Me, Ultima.\u003c\/i\u003e Over the span of twenty-two years, by word of mouth alone, this first novel sold more than 300,000 copies. It was the first Chicano novel to enter the American literary canon, and it helped identify Abaya as one of the founders of Chicano literature. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this collection of interviews Anaya talked about his life and about how New Mexico, his home state, influenced his work. The interviews also explore the importance that myths and spiritual matters played in his writings. He shared his intimate knowledge of the long struggle of ethnic writers to gain acceptance by mainstream publishers. Anaya also spoke eloquently and passionately of his faith in Chicano literature and of the politics of \"hate, prejudice, and bigotry\" that minorities face throughout the United States. Yet he remained consistent in his call for all Americans to understand one another. For many decades he was a tireless agent in the push for multiculturalism and pluralism in America. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Anaya was professor emeritus of English and creative writing at the University of New Mexico. Besides his critically acclaimed novels (\u003ci\u003eBless Me, Ultima\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eHeart of Aztlan; Tortuge\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eAlbuquerque\u003c\/i\u003e;\u003ci\u003e Zia Summer; Rio Grande Fall\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eJalamanata\u003c\/i\u003e), he wrote plays, poems, essays, short stories, and books for children.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Dick\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1617037001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781617037009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Press of Mississippi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.48d","brand":"Bruce Dick","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44756766392575,"sku":"9781617037009","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a671d07-90e4-4d49-8ac2-e61b5dbb9b06.jpg?v=1706593796","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/conversations-with-rudolfo-anaya-rudolfo-a-anaya-9781617037009","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}