Conversations with Rudolfo AnayaIn this collection of interviews Anaya talks about his life and how New Mexico, his home state, influences his work. The interviews explore the importance that myths and spiritual matters play in his writings. Anaya shares his intimate knowledge of the long struggle of ethnic writers to gain acceptance by mainstream publishers. He also discusses his faith in Chicano literature and the politics of "hate, prejudice, and bigotry" that minorities face throughout the United States. Yet Anaya remains consistent in his call for all Americans to understand one another. For three decades he has been a tireless agent in the push for multiculturalism in his native land. |
Contents
An Interview with Rudolfo Anaya Ishmael Reed | 1 |
Rudolfo A Anaya Juan BruceNovoa | 11 |
A Conversation with Rudolfo Anaya David | 29 |
An Interview with Rudolfo Anaya Jim Harris | 49 |
An Interview with Rudolfo A Anaya César A GonzálezT | 81 |
An Interview with Rudolfo | 91 |
Rudolfo Anaya John F Crawford | 105 |
Interview with Rudolfo Anaya Rubén Martínez | 116 |
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