La Bloga has been celebrating the 40th anniversary of the
publication of Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima
all this week. I did my part with a special Chicanonautica that discusses Anaya's recent young adult novels that deal with the
monsters of Aztlán, and UFOs.
But
first, here's Anaya's acceptance speech for the Robert Kirsch
Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Times:
And the
Chupacabra is not only the subject of two of Anaya's novels, but a
media phenomenon:
And,
yes, we have UFOs over Aztlán, be they spaceships, brujas, or something else:
And in
this Val Lewton classic, New Mexico gives Transylvania some serious
competition. Watch for the penitentes:
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