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Greetings!

I'm delighted to announce that Routledge has just published Gloria E.
Anzald=FAa's new book, Interviews/Entrevistas, (which I edited, arranged, &
introduced).

Spanning two decades, these interviews allow readers to follow the
development of Anzald=FAa=92s writing career from the publication of This
Bridge Called My Back, to Borderlands/La Frontera, to Making Face, Making
Soul/Haciendo Caras, Friends from the Other Side/Amigos del otro lado,
Prietita and the Ghost Woman/ Prietita y la Llorona, and beyond.  Each of
the interviews begins with brief discussions between Anzald=FAa and myself
that revisit her earlier perspectives. In the interviews from the 1980's
you=92ll find early formulations of ideas like la facultad; =92mita y =92mita;
=93Tlapalli, the black and red ink=94 as the path of writing; lesbians=92 and
gays=92 roles as mediators; and making face, making soul--ideas which later
appeared in print.  And in the interviews from the 1990's you=92ll read about
Anzald=FAa=92s most recent concepts (like spiritual activism, conocimientos,
nepantla) and her works in progress, which include a collection of short
stories, a novel-in-stories, a writing manual, a book on theories and
writing, a book of daily meditations, and a young-adult novel.  Throughout
the book Anzald=FAa provides extensive discussions of her motivations for
writing and anthologizing, and gives us additional details about her
writing process and her goals as a writer.
         Readers unfamiliar with Anzald=FAa=92s work will find useful summaries
of her perspectives on This Bridge, Borderlands, and Haciendo
Caras.  Readers familiar with her writings will find new information as
well, for the interviews contain insightful discussions of a number of
issues and theories which Anzald=FAa has not yet put forth in published form.

Here's what Angela Davis says about the book: "This impressive collection
of interviews offers us a sustained look at Gloria Anzald=FAa's insistence on
theorizing the personal and on infusing the political with the
poetic--words that have shaped feminist theories and practices over the
past two decades."

And here's what Leslie Marmon Silko says: "Gloria Anzaldua's boundless
generosity of spirit glows throughout these interviews. I especially enjoy
her ideas about space/time and the nature of reality (or the many
realities...)."

It was an exciting project to work on, and I believe that readers will find
it to be a valuable, useful book.  (Of course, I'm pretty biased...)



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