Biography and criticism of Chicagoan Ana Castillo (b. 1953), whose work in poetry and fiction treats mixedblood characters and borderland relationships between Mexico and the U.S. Her books include Women Are Not Roses(1984, poetry), The Mixquiahuala Letters (1986, epistolary novel), My Father Was a Toltec (1988, poetry),Sapogonia (1990, novel), So Far From God (1993, novel), andMassacre of the Dreamers (1994, essay collection).
