Ana Castillo

Citations

• “A good lover will do that, see something worthwhile in you that you never knew was there. And when there’s something you don’t like to see in yourself a good lover won’t see it either.”

• “You say your city the way some Americans say this is their country. You never feel right saying that - my country. For some reason looking Mexican means you can’t be American.”

• “We said nothing for several minutes. Our minds weighed like ripened fruit on the branch. When one is confronted by the mirror, the spirit trembles.”

• “The road in either direction / is neither longer nor shorter, / nor more narrow nor wider / than the fear that closes your heart.”

• “I am a brown woman, from the Mexican side of town-torn between the Chicago obrero roots of my upbringing and my egocentric tendency toward creative expressions.”

Les livres de Ana Castillo dans l'ordre

Les livres de Ana Castillo dans l'ordre de parution, de The Invitation (1979) à Doña Cleanwell Leaves Home (2023).

1. 1The InvitationThe Invitation1979
2. 2Keats, Poe, and the shaping of Cortázar's mythopoesisKeats, Poe, and the shaping of Cortázar's mythopoesis1981
3. 3Women Are Not RosesWomen Are Not Roses1984
4. 4The Mixquiahuala LettersThe Mixquiahuala Letters1986
5. 5My Father Was a ToltecMy Father Was a Toltec1988
6. 6SapogoniaSapogonia1990
7. 7So Far from GodSo Far from God1993
8. 8Massacre of the DreamersMassacre of the Dreamers1994
9. 9Goddess of the AmericasGoddess of the Americas1996
10. 10LoverboysLoverboys1996
11. 11My Father Was a Toltec and Selected Poems, 1973-1988My Father Was a Toltec and Selected Poems, 1973-19881996
12. 12Peel My Love Like an OnionPeel My Love Like an Onion1999
13. 13Mi Hija, Mi Hijo, El Aguila, La PalomaMi Hija, Mi Hijo, El Aguila, La Paloma2000
14. 14I Ask the ImpossibleI Ask the Impossible2001
15. 15Psst-- I Have Something to Tell You, Mi AmorPsst-- I Have Something to Tell You, Mi Amor2005
16. 16Watercolor Women, Opaque MenWatercolor Women, Opaque Men2005
17. 17The GuardiansThe Guardians2007
18. 18BocaditosBocaditos2009
19. 19Give It To MeGive It To Me2014
20. 20Black DoveBlack Dove2016
21. 21My Book of the DeadMy Book of the Dead2021
22. 22Doña Cleanwell Leaves HomeDoña Cleanwell Leaves Home2023