{"product_id":"my-father-was-a-toltec-and-selected-poems-9781400034994","title":"My Father Was a Toltec: and Selected Poems","description":"Mixing the lyrical with the colloquial, the tender with the tough, Ana Castillo has a deserved reputation as one of the country's most powerful and entrancing novelists, but she began her literary career as a poet of uncompromising commitment and passion. \u003cb\u003eMy Father Was a Toltec\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eis the sassy and street-wise collection of poems that established and secured Castillo's place in the popular canon. It is included here in its entirety along with the best of her early poems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAna Castillo's poetry speaks--in English and Spanish--to every reader who has felt the pangs of exile, the uninterrupted joy of love, and the deep despair of love lost.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAna Castillo is the author of the novels \u003cb\u003ePeel My Love Like an Onion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eSo Far from God\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Mixquiahuala Letters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003cb\u003eSapogonia\u003c\/b\u003e. She has written a story collection, \u003cb\u003eLoverboys\u003c\/b\u003e; the critical study \u003cb\u003eMassacre of the Dreamers\u003c\/b\u003e; the poetry collection \u003cb\u003eI Ask the Impossible\u003c\/b\u003e; and the children's book \u003cb\u003eMy Daughter, My Son, the Eagle, the Dove\u003c\/b\u003e. She is the editor of the anthology \u003cb\u003eGoddess of the Americas: Writings on the Virgin of Guadalupe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e available from Vintage Español (\u003cb\u003eLa diosa de las Américas\u003c\/b\u003e). Castillo has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Book Award, a Carl Sandburg Award, a Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award, and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. She lives in Chicago. Find out more about Castillo at her homepage: www.anacastillo.com.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50527569674514,"sku":"9781400034994","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_c453b1db-d0a4-4257-99b1-67f3ebcf12aa.jpg?v=1731305858","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/my-father-was-a-toltec-and-selected-poems-9781400034994","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}