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saveethnicstudies.org
Ana Castillo reading to the community and students in Tucson May 4th 2012.
“They can take my books out of the schools and they can keep me out of the schools,” Castillo told The Progressive. “But as a law-abiding citizen, they cannot keep me out of Tucson.” – See more at: http://www.progressive.org/tucson_sch...
July 14, 2014
July 11, 2014
Supermoon GIVE IT TO ME CONTEST Deadline: 7/12/14 11:59 p.m. CST
Feeling the fangs & ear-hair of the full moon mañana? Get over it & get yourself a signed book–reading is the GREAT ESCAPE of all undesired reality.
Everyone’s talking about the ‘raunchy’ protagonist, Palma Piedras of GIVE IT TO ME
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Just how ‘raunchy’ is she? It all depends, don’t it? Try our quiz here. First five to answer 8 out of 10 correctly win a personally autographed copy mailed to your door. Answers on L/T ‘Zine FB page or send all ten to: tolteca@anacastillo.com. Deadline: Super full moon mañana July 12 11:59 CST. (In case of dispute, answers must be cited from literal quotes in the text.)
1. Palma Piedras actually bangs her primo, i.e., the protagonist has a genuine incestuous relationship. (True or False?)
2. Palma Piedras swigs down tequila shots easily porque lo hacía por fichas en los bares de Tijuana. (True or False?)
3. Palma Piedras has a 6th toe just like her biological mother, Angela. (True or False?)
4. Palma Piedras hooked for her Columbian husband, Rodrigo in Medellín.
5. Palma’s lover Ursula names their pooch, Romeo because they do three-way with the dog. (True or False.)
6. Palma Piedras became promiscuous because she was raped by her uncle, tío Yimmy/Jimbo. (True or false.)
7. Palma Piedras worries a lot about how huge her ‘bubble butt’ looks in jeans. (True or false.)
8. Palma Piedras got over her shyness by doing poetry slams with her lover Fierce H. (True or false.)
9. Palma Piedras was born in a village in Mexico and was transported in the back of a troca with her grandmother and uncle. (True or false.)
10. Palma Piedras’ greatest desire in life was to fly a plane across the ocean like Amelia Earhart( except that the protagonist wanted to do it while intoxicated). (True or false.)
July 10, 2014
ANA CASTILLO & The Poetry Foundation of Chicago
Ana Castillo reading at the Poetry Foundation this fall with emerging Chicago poets.
The poet reading from My Father was a Toltec
July 8, 2014
July 7, 2014
La Tolteca ‘Zine
https://issuu.com/latolteca/docs/latolteca_spring_2014-finalc
La Tolteca ‘Zine: Promoting the Advancement of a World Without Borders and Censorship
Founded 2010
Publisher and Editor in Chief Ana Castillo
Check it out at: issuu.com. Go to: La Tolteca
Current issue: La Tolteca ‘Zine, Spring Solstice 2014 ¡Sí se puede!
Forthcoming issue: September 21st: Se Habla Español featuring new essays by Edith Grossman, Sandra Cisneros, interviews with Jessica Helen López and Mayra Santos Febres, poetry and photography by emerging artists y mucho más!
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