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  • Bibliography:
    10 Books
  • First Book:
    March 1992
  • Latest Book:
    May 2023
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Book List in Order: 10 titles



  • Focusing on the relationship between two fiercely independent women--Teresa, a writer, and Alicia, an artist--this epistolary novel was written as a tribute to Julio Cortázar's Hopscotch and examines Latina forms of love, gender conflict, and fem...



  • The beloved feminist classic of Chicano literature that "could be the offspring of a union between One Hundred Years of Solitude and General Hospital: a sassy, magical, melodramatic love child who won’t sit down -- and the reader can hope -- will n...



  • In Sapogonia, edited and revised for its Anchor publication, Ana Castillo confronts the complex issues of race and identity facing those of mixed heritage through the struggles of Máximo Madrigal, an expatriate of Sapogonia, the metaphorical home...



  • “Seductive… full of infectious vigor… these stories demand, above all, to be listened to.” -- New York Times Book Review From Ana Castillo, the widely praised author of So Far from God and The Guardians, comes this collection of stories on t...



  • Loverboys is the award-winning author Ana Castillo's stunning collection of twenty-three stories that depict the wildly varied faces of love, from rapturous beginnings to bittersweet endings.From the regret-tinged soulfulness of the title story in wh...



  • The seductive world of flamenco forms the backdrop for a classic tale of independence found, lost, and reclaimed. Like Bizet's legendary gypsy, Carmen "La Coja" (The Cripple) Santos is hilarious, passionate, triumphant, and mesmerizing.A renowned fla...



  • From American Book Award-winning author Ana Castillo comes a suspenseful, moving new novel about a sensuous, smart, and fiercely independent woman. Eking out a living as a teacher's aide in a small New Mexican border town, Ta Regina is also raising ...




  • 2006 Independent Publisher Book Award for Story Teller of the Year
     
    In this updated edition of Ana Castillo’s celebrated novel in verse, featuring a new introduction by Poet Laureate of Texas Carmen Tafolla, we revisit the stor...






  •  “Ana Castillo is an American treasure. Fearless, compassionate, and flat-out brilliant -- she is the writer we need as we navigate the challenges of our ever-changing world.” -- Tayari Jones, author of An American Marriage“Ana Castillo is...


Award-Winning Books by Ana Castillo

Give It to Me
2015 Lambda Literary Award -- Bisexual Fiction
So Far from God
1994 Reading the West -- Poetry


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Ana Castillo has published 10 books.

Ana Castillo does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Dona Cleanwell Leaves Home: Stories, was published in May 2023.

The first book by Ana Castillo, The Mixquiahuala Letters, was published in March 1992.

No. Ana Castillo does not write books in series.