Mixing the lyrical with the colloquial, the tender with the tough, Ana Castillo has a deserved reputation as one of the country's most powerful and entrancing novelists, but she began her literary career as a poet of uncompromising commitment and passion. My Father Was a Toltec...
One of the country's most powerful and entrancing novelists, Castillo began her literary career as a poet of uncompromising commitment. This collection brings back into print the best of her early work, including the entire text of her landmark 1988 collection, My Father Was...