Hispanic writers collection, 1958-[ongoing].

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Hispanic writers collection, 1958-[ongoing].

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This collection consists largely of materials that Enrique Lamadrid gathered to write biographies of Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert, E.A. Mares, and Leo Romero for the Chicano writers, second series volume of the Dictionary of literary biography. These materials include copies of the final biographies that were published in Chicano writers, as well as background biographical materials such as correspondence, articles, literary works, literary reviews, and news clippings. There are cassette tapes of interviews conducted by Lamadrid with Romero and Mares. The collection also includes a photocopy of an edited manuscript Inocencio by Juan Estevan Arellano, and a photocopy of the manuscript Pasó por aquí, which was edited by Erlinda Gonzales-Berry. A 1995 addition to this collection includes materials by and about Katherine Quintana Ranck, including the manuscript, Portrait of Doña Elena, as well as other literary works, biographical information, correspondence and critiques of her work. A 1996 addition includes the manuscripts, Martin, and Mediatations on the South Valley by Jimmy Santiago Baca. These are manuscripts that were given to Enrique Lamadrid for review in 1986, just before they were published by New Directions, and launched Baca into national prominance. Sections of Martin were incorporated into Lamadrid's sound track and book Tesoros del espíritu: a portrait in sound of Hispanic New Mexico. Rómolo Arellano's unpublished manuscript Tito, a play with many references to local politics has also been added to this collection. a 1998 addition includes materials by and about Demetria Martínez, and a manuscript copy of El Santo queso: the Holy cheese by Jim Sagel.

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Ranck, Katherine Quintana

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Martínez, Demetria 1960-

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Writer. Born in Albuquerque, N.M. Educated at Princeton University where Demetria Martínez took courses in religious social ethics. Her writings contain a mix of personal and political themes, focusing heavily on the Sanctuary Movement to aid Salvadoran refugees and on interpersonal relationships. From the description of Papers, 1988-[ongoing]. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 36677837 Demetria Martínez was born in Albuquerque, NM on ...

Arellano, Rómolo.

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Gilbert, Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, 1898-1991

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Agricultural extension agent and author born near Las Vegas, N.M. in 1894. Served as an extension agent for more than 30 years, mostly in New Mexico. Died in Albuquerque, N.M. in 1991. From the description of Papers, 1602-1996. (University of New Mexico-Main Campus). WorldCat record id: 37888462 From the guide to the Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert Photograph Collection, 1916-1940, (University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research) Fabiola C de Baca was a noted...

Arellano, Juan Estevan

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Baca, Jimmy Santiago, 1952-

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Jimmy Santiago Baca, an American writer, was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on January 2, 1952. At the age of twenty-one he was sentenced to five years in a maximum security prison for drug offenses. In prison he learned to read and write and began to compose poetry. His book Martin & Meditations on the South Valley, a pair of long narrative poems, won an American Book Award in 1988. In addition to his poetry collections and stories, Baca wrote the screenplay for the movie Bound by Honor, which w...

Sagel, Jim

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Chicanesque author and educator Jim Sagel was born in 1947 in Fort Morgan, Colorado. In 1969 Sagel moved to Española, New Mexico, where he began his teaching career and married weaver Teresa Archuleta. Sagel learned Spanish with the help of the Archuleta family and his New Mexican community, and began to write in both English and Spanish. In 1981 Sagel published three collections of bilingual poetry, Hablando de brujas y la gente de antes, Foreplay and french fries, and Small bones, little eyes...

Mares, E.A., 1938-

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Dr. Ernesto Antonio Mares was born in 1938 in Albuquerque, N.M. He received his PhD from University of New Mexico in 1974. He has taught at several institutions including New Mexico Highlands University, the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, North Texas State University and was curator of education at the Albuquerque Museum. He is also a frequent contributor to the review pages of local newspapers and journals including the Albuquerque journal and Santa Fe reporter. Mares' most significan...

Romero, Leo.

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Lamadrid, Enrique R.

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