Rudolfo Anaya on Heritage, Inspiration and Bless Me Ultima

Hello ladies!

While we head into the second half of Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15), I'd like to share another author interview with you.  I'm sure that many of you have read or heard of Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me Ultima (included in our Hispanic Heritage Month display). In this interview, Anaya talks about how his heritage influenced the writing of Bless Me Ultima and gives an explanation striking in similarity to the snippet below of Sandra Cisneros.






Happy Reading,
Miss Kenny

A quick followup:

Don't forget that it is still Banned Books Week!   Bless Me Ultima caused a great controversy when it was banned from Norwood, Colorado schools in 2005. The superintendent of schools confiscated two dozen copies of Anaya's novel and threw them into trash cans. Parents in the school district were then allowed to retrieve the books from the trash and destroy them. The superintendent later apologized for his actions and admitted that he had never even read Bless Me Ultima.