{"product_id":"i-know-about-a-thousand-things-the-writings-of-ann-alejandro-of-uvalde-texas-9781648432408","title":"I Know about a Thousand Things: The Writings of Ann Alejandro of Uvalde, Texas","description":"\u003cp\u003e Struggling for 30 years with chronic illness at her ranch outside Uvalde, Texas, Ann Alejandro was a writer of transporting natural talent and prolificity. Though she would have loved to be widely read and appreciated, she was too modest to scale the walls of the publishing world. Thus her chosen form was the letter and her audience close friends and family, including the poet Naomi Nye and the essayist Marion Winik. For decades, her often lengthy missives continued to delight her correspondents, blending observation, storytelling, humor, praise, and accounts of her deep attachment to the land and animals that surrounded her in the rural Southwest. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Before Ann's death in 2019 at the age of 64, Naomi and Marion promised her they would pull together a book from thousands of pages left in their care. They selected the very best of Ann Alejandro, added commentary, and organized the material into chapters with titles like Faith, Motherhood, Land, Snakes, Pain, and Love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eI Know About a Thousand Things: The Writings of Ann Alejandro of Uvalde, Texas\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary collection of writing put together by two longtime literary friends in tribute to a third. It includes an introduction by Nye and and an afterword by Winik, as well as a photo gallery of Ann's life. It will delight and enrich readers for years to come. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e NAOMI SHIHAB NYE has served as Young People's Poet Laureate of the United States and poetry editor for the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eTexas Observer\u003c\/i\u003e. She has written or edited more than thirty books and has worked as a visiting writer all her life. She received Lifetime Achievement awards from the Texas Institute of Letters, the National Books Critics Circle, and the Arab-American National Museum. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e MARION WINIK is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Big Book of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFirst Comes Love\u003c\/i\u003e, and other books. Her essays have recently been published in \u003ci\u003eAgni\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Hopkins Review\u003c\/i\u003e. She reviews books for numerous publications and hosts \u003ci\u003eThe Weekly Reader\u003c\/i\u003e podcast on NPR. She teaches in the MFA program at the University of Baltimore and was a commentator on \u003ci\u003eAll Things Considered\u003c\/i\u003e for 15 years. \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Texas A\u0026M University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50895907586322,"sku":"9781648432408","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_0be6cb13-37ce-49b2-be2b-51a109b8b858.jpg?v=1738277399","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/i-know-about-a-thousand-things-the-writings-of-ann-alejandro-of-uvalde-texas-9781648432408","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}