Ana Castillo is one of the most widely published and anthologized voices from the Hispanic experience in the United States. This, her first complete book of poems, follows her two chapbooks, Otro Canto and The Invitation, in part reproduced here. Castillo's artistry lies in her ability to discover the meaning in the random experiences that fill our lives and communicate directly to us in sensuous, heartfelt bursts of revelation. Women Are Not Roses shatters the image of women as lovely, sweet adornments, more to be admired at a distance than handled, more beautiful to behold in silence than engaged in dialog. Castillo demands to be heard on this and on a variety of other social, political and esthetic issues.
Ana Castillo (Estados Unidos, 1953) poeta, novelista, cuentista, ensayista, editora, dramaturga, traductora, investigadora independiente y artista visual estadounidense de ascendencia mexicana. Es considerada una de las figuras más influyentes de la literatura chicana contemporánea y una pionera del pensamiento feminista chicano, al que denomina xicanisma. Nacida y criada en Chicago, Castillo ha desarrollado una obra literaria que explora temas como la identidad cultural, el racismo, la xenofobia, el clasismo, la sexualidad y la experiencia latina en Estados Unidos. Su ...
