Not all successful Latin@ writers feel they owe anything to… - Ana Castillo

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Not all successful Latin@ writers feel they owe anything to Latin@s. But among those who do, I would hope they keep in mind the history that got them there and that they work to keep those roads open for the upcoming writers.

Ana Castillo

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Ana Castillo (June 15, 1953) is a Chicana novelist, poet, short story writer, essayist, editor, playwright, translator and independent scholar.

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Alternative Names: Ana Hernández del Castillo

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I take every risk in writing that I can, because I don't write just to entertain people or make money.

I continue with the agenda I had as a girl, writing to fill in the blanks, spaces, silences and outright lies regarding POC, specifically Latino/a/Chicana/os/Chicanx when and how I am able to do so.

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by surprise bombing over any city at night,
bombs scandalizing the sanctity of night.

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