{"product_id":"the-essays-7-rudolfo-anaya-9780806140230","title":"The Essays, 7","description":"\"The storyteller's gift is my inheritance,\" writes Rudolfo Anaya in his essay \"Shaman of Words.\" Although he is best known for \u003ci\u003eBless Me, Ultima\u003c\/i\u003e and other novels, his writing also takes the form of nonfiction, and in these 52 essays he draws on both his heritage as a Mexican American and his gift for storytelling. Besides tackling issues such as censorship, racism, education, and sexual politics, Anaya explores the tragedies and triumphs of his own life.\u003cp\u003eCollected here are Anaya's published essays. Despite his wide acclaim as the founder of Chicano literature, no previous volume has attempted to gather Anaya's nonfiction into one edition. A companion to \u003ci\u003eThe Man Who Could Fly and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, the collection of Anaya's short stories, The Essays is an essential anthology for followers of Anaya and those interested in Chicano literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePieces such as \"Requiem for a Lowrider,\" \"La Llorona, El Kooko ee, and Sexuality,\" and \"An American Chicano in King Arthur's Court\" take the reader from the llano of eastern New Mexico, where Anaya grew up, to the barrios of Albuquerque, and from the devastating diving accident that nearly ended his life at sixteen to the career he has made as an author and teacher. The point is not autobiography, although a life story is told, nor is it advocacy, although Anaya argues persuasively for cultural change. Instead, the author provides shrewd commentary on modern America in all its complexity. All the while, he employs the elegant, poetic voice and the interweaving of myth and folklore that inspire his fiction. \"Stories reveal our human nature and thus become powerful tools for insight and revelation,\" writes Anaya. This collection of prose offers abundant new insight and revelation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rudolfo Anaya\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806140232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806140230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/05\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e New Mexico Book Awards - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2009 pg. 60\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2009 pg. 285","brand":"Rudolfo Anaya","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926253306111,"sku":"9780806140230","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_a0022e6f-c308-46e9-9c87-f0eceb6e7957.jpg?v=1681082049","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-essays-7-rudolfo-anaya-9780806140230","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}