Creative Migrations

27th Annual Literary Festival
Old Dominion University
4-8 October 2004

ANA CASTILLO

Ana Castillo crosses genres as a poet, novelist, artist, and xicanista. She explores issues of class, indigenous American history and the history of migration as a way of fostering pride and understanding of cultural identity. Ana Castillo lives in her hometown of Chicago with her son. Recent publications include Ask the Impossible and the novel Peel My Love Like an Onion. She is also the author of the children's book My Daughter, My Son, The Eagle, The Dove. Accolades for her work include an American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation for her first novel, The Mixquiahuala Letters. Other honors include a Carl Sandburg Award, a Mountains and Plains Booksellers Award, fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts for fiction and poetry, and the Sor Juana Achievement Award from the Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum in Chicago. Currently, Castillo teaches in the English Department at DePaul University in Chicago. [extracted from 2004 brochure]

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