The Mixquiahuala Letters - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0916950689 ISBN 13: 9780916950682

Publisher: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingue (AZ)

The first novel by the noted Chicana poet, this is an epistolary novel in the tradition of Cortozor's "Hopscotch." It focuses on the friendship between two strong and fiercely independent Hispanic women and examines Mexican and Hispanic forms of love and gender conflict and the role thal female friendships play within it.

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Review:

"A wonderful, wonderful book." --Maxine Hong Kingston

"Like a disciplined athlete, Castillo makes even the most difficult moves look easy." --San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author:

Ana Castillo is also the author of So Far from God, which received a 1993 Carl Sandburg Award and the Southwestern Booksellers Award, numerous poetry collections, including My Father Was a Toltec, and a critical work on Latina writing, Massacre of the Dreamers. She lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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