Ana Castillo

Ana Castillo (born June 15, 1953) is a Chicana poet, novelist, and essayist.  She writes in English. She sometimes uses Spanglish words and phrases.

She was born and raised in Chicago. She writes stories about her Mexican ancestors. When she was a nine-year-old girl, she wrote her first poems about death of her Latina grandmother. Her famous books are The Invitation (1979), Women Are Not Roses (1984), and Massacre of the Dreamers (1994).

She writes essays about race, sex, and gender in the United States and Mexico.  She also writes science fiction.

 Related pages 
 Latina poetry
 Chicana 
List of poets from North America
Sandra Cisneros 
Giannina Braschi

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Category:1953 births
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Category:American essayists
Category:American novelists
Category:American poets
Category:American science fiction writers
Category:Mexican poets
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