Lannan Readings & Conversations

Ana Castillo

with Ruth Lopez
Thursday October 12 2000

Reading, October 12, 2000 – Currently experiencing problems with this audio file.
Conversation, October 12, 2000
Downloadable Podcast of this event is now available

Ana Castillo is a novelist, poet, essayist, and translator, whose books include Peel My Love Like an Onion; Loverboys; So Far from God; and Massacre of the Dreamers. Born in Chicago of Mexican ancestry, Ms. Castillo has been honored with an NEA fellowship, an American Book Award, and the Carl Sandburg Prize. Ms. Castillo, whose work has explored the issues of war, ecology, oppression, and exploitation, is current working on a novel about women working in sweatshop conditions along the Mexican border.

Ana Castillo Bio and Cross Links


Ruth Lopez was for a number of years the book review page editor of The Santa Fe New Mexican. Ms. Lopez is currently working on a book for the Field Museum in Chicago.

Ruth Lopez Bio and Cross Links