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Today we discuss Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. This is one of the first books of Chicano/a Literature, with Rudolfo Anaya considered one of the founders of the literary movement. It's a coming-of-age story that weaves Catholicism with traditional and indigenous beliefs, and the duality of identity that Antonio, the main character, experiences. Content warning: violence, bodily fluids Sources: Introduction to Chicano Literature, Chicano Literature Next time we'll be reading Corinne's choice: I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem by Maryse Conde. Find it at your local bookstore or library and read along with us! We have also chosen our books for April's prompt (Environmental Fiction) Latitudes of Longing by Shubhangi Swarup and The Extinction of Irena Rey by Jennifer Croft. ______ If you want to read along with The Bookstore Challenge 2024, you can join us on The StoryGraph to see what others are reading for each month and get ideas for your TBR: The Bookstore Challenge 2024. Get two audiobook credits for the price of one at Libro.fm when you sign up using the code BOOKSTOREPOD. Website | Patreon
Welcome to our LGBT podcast and in our new episode we're talking with dr. finn schneider (they/them) about Bless Me, Ultima. It is a coming-of-age novel by Rudolfo Anaya. For finn it saved their life three (!) different times and we'll talk all about them, especially as the novel created a space to explore their spirituality in a new and meaningful way. As finn told us, "It created some room metaphorically for me to breathe into this my own questions around spirituality."Buy Bless Me, Ultima and other books from our LGBT podcast at our Bookshop: https://bookshop.org/thisqueerbook Read finn's publication in the International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, vol 35, issue 4. finn's book chapter will be published this week (18 November) in Narrating the Insider Outsider Paradox as LGBTQ Educators in Higher Education and Student Affairs. Here is the link: https://www.routledge.com/Queerness-as-Being-in-Higher-Education-Narrating-the-InsiderOutsider-Paradox/Duran-Miller-Jourian-Cisneros/p/book/9781032185859Support the show
In this episode, the hosts talk about censorship. They share a few of their favorite banned books and discuss some of the reasons those books were banned. Censorship sucks, but both August and Kendra had a lot of fun with this one! Books mentioned in the episode: Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stine The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie (2007) The Picture of Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde (1890) Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya (1972) Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955) The Awakening by Kate Chopin (1899) Areopagitica by John Milton (1644) Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (2000) The Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe Hall (1928) Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card (1985) American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis (1991) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins (2008) Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (1937) Animal Farm by George Orwell (1945) Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Paulo Freire (1968) Ulysses by James Joyce (1918-1920, 1922)
Darren stops by, I solve all of his problems and I get to read from one of my favorite books.
Marion and I talk about the rich possibilities of exploring author backlists and catch up on recent reads.Download or listen via this link: Reading Envy 203: Backlist Subscribe to the podcast via this link: FeedburnerOr subscribe via Apple Podcasts by clicking: SubscribeOr listen through TuneIn Or listen on Google Play Or listen via StitcherOr listen through Spotify New! Listen through Google Podcasts Books discussed: White Pages by Ran WalkerCertain Dark Things by Silvia Moreno-GarciaFace of an Angel by Denise ChavezThe Writer's Library by Nancy Pearl and Jeff SchwangerAlburguerque by Rudolfo AnayaOther mentions:Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyParable of the Sower by Octavia ButlerGods of Jade and Shadow by Silvia Moreno-GarciaMexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-GarciaSignal to Noise by Silvia Moreno-GarciaLoving Pedro Infante by Denise ChavezMaybe Esther by Katja PetrowskajaPain by Zerula ShalevBook of Mutter by Kate ZambrenoBless Me Ultima by Rudolfo AnayaDona Flor and her Two Husbands by Jorge AmadoGabriela, Clove and Cinnamon by Jorge AmadoCaptains of the Sands by Jordge AmadoNorth American Lake Monsters by Nathan BallingrudMonsterland (tv show on Hulu)Empire of Wild by Cherie DimalineRelated episodes:Episode 041 - Grotesque Beauty with Nathan BallingrudEpisode 175 - Reading on Impulse with Marion HillEpisode 202 - Jacket Flap with Chris and Emily Stalk us online: Marion Hill's websiteMarion on GoodreadsMarion on Instagram Jenny at GoodreadsJenny on TwitterJenny is @readingenvy on Instagram and Litsy All links to books are through Bookshop.org, where I am an affiliate. I wanted more money to go to the actual publishers and authors, and less to Jeff Bezos. I only link to Amazon in cases where Bookshop.org does not carry a backlist title, which took place a few times for this list.
Today on Sojourner Truth: We remember and honor Rudolfo Anaya, one of the most influential figures in Chicano literature. He died on June 28, 2020, at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His first novel, Bless Me Ultima, has since become one of the most widely read Chicano novels and was later made into a film. He is also the author of Heart of Atzlan (1976), Tortuga (1979), Lord of the Dawn (1987), and Albuquerque (1992), among others. He also wrote non-fiction essays, poems and children's books. Several of his books have also been adapted into operas and plays. He has received over 20 prestigious awards for his work, including the NEA National Medal of Arts Lifetime Honor, 2001 and the National Humanities Medal in 2015, delivered by former President Barack Obama. In early 2005, Superintendent Bob Conder of the Norwood School District in Grand Junction, Colorado, had banned Bless Me, Ultima after a group of parents objected to its contents. Condor had not read it, but claimed he had read enough to make the decision on the basis of the themes presented. Copies were removed from English classes at the school. The decision to ban Rodolfo's book was part of the attack on ethnic and Chicano studies across the U.S., especially in the Southwest. In protest of the decision, on February 5, 2005, students at Norwood School District formed a sit-in while reading passages from the middle of the school gymnasium. They had shirts with handwritten designs of Bless Me, Ultima on them. School officials in Texas, California, New York and Missouri also attempted to censor the book. Within the last 10 years, the growth of ethnic studies has gained traction in K-12 schools, partly in response to an Arizona law that banned the curriculum. Our guests are Sarita Sol Gonzalez, Manuel Gonzalez and Jacob Chavez.
Today on Sojourner Truth: We remember and honor Rudolfo Anaya, one of the most influential figures in Chicano literature. He died on June 28, 2020, at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His first novel, Bless Me Ultima, has since become one of the most widely read Chicano novels and was later made into a film. He is also the author of Heart of Atzlan (1976), Tortuga (1979), Lord of the Dawn (1987), and Albuquerque (1992), among others. He also wrote non-fiction essays, poems and children's books. Several of his books have also been adapted into operas and plays. He has received over 20 prestigious awards for his work, including the NEA National Medal of Arts Lifetime Honor, 2001 and the National Humanities Medal in 2015, delivered by former President Barack Obama. In early 2005, Superintendent Bob Conder of the Norwood School District in Grand Junction, Colorado, had banned Bless Me, Ultima after a group of parents objected to its contents. Condor had not read it, but claimed he had read enough to make the decision on the basis of the themes presented. Copies were removed from English classes at the school. The decision to ban Rodolfo's book was part of the attack on ethnic and Chicano studies across the U.S., especially in the Southwest. In protest of the decision, on February 5, 2005, students at Norwood School District formed a sit-in while reading passages from the middle of the school gymnasium. They had shirts with handwritten designs of Bless Me, Ultima on them. School officials in Texas, California, New York and Missouri also attempted to censor the book. Within the last 10 years, the growth of ethnic studies has gained traction in K-12 schools, partly in response to an Arizona law that banned the curriculum. Our guests are Sarita Sol Gonzalez, Manuel Gonzalez and Jacob Chavez.
Notes:The Verbivore mentions multicultural books towards the early part of the conversation. In thise case, she means both multicultural (reflecting several viewpoints) and diverse (reflecting one diverse viewpoint) books.Both Fable and the Verbivore mention being highly sensitive readers. What we mean by this is the psychological definition of a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP).The website Web Writers Spotlight has a great article that further discusses why reading widely is important. Here is that link.If you are looking for some recommendations on new reads, here are a couple places to start:https://ideas.ted.com/62-great-books-by-black-authors-recommended-by-ted-speakers/https://www.goodreads.com/shelf/show/bipochttps://chireviewofbooks.com/2019/11/18/22-books-by-indigenous-writers-to-read-right-now/Books Mentioned:I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouKindred by Octavia ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonThe Grace Years by Kim LiggettPoinsettia by Marlene S. DeVose - @marlenedevoseEyes on You: Love Poems and Love Letters by Christian Bosse - @christianbosse_Bless Me Ultima by Rudolfo AnayaBlack Boy by Richard WrightShort Stories: Cora Unashamed by Langston HughesAlchemy of Race and Rights: Diary of a Law Professor by Patricia J. WilliamsChildren of Blood and Bone by Tomi AdeyemiBeasts Made of Night by Tochi OnyebuchiMusic from: https://filmmusic.io’Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
The world changed this month. As coronavirus settles in, Artemis reflects on what it means to be a hunter and angler in uncertain times. Thanks for sharing your voices with us, listeners! 3:00 - Venery company in Montana 3:45 - Jim Posewitz's "Beyond Fair Chase" book & Jackson Landers, "Hunting Deer for Food" 5:40 - 1957 movie "An Affair to Remember" 7:20 - How to make canned venison 7:50 - Modern Huntsman Vol. 4 8:50 - Mad River Outfitters YouTube channel 15:12 – Augusten Burroughs book "Toil and Trouble" & Netflix series "Self Made" 17:42 - "Bless Me Ultima" novel; "Neither Wolf Nor Dog" book 21:03 - "H is for Hawk" by Helen McDonald; PODCASTS: The Daily (New York Times), Death, Sex and Money, My Favorite Murder 22:10 - Bryce Andrews and Mark Kenyon books 24:00 - Deep Creek by Pam Houston 26:00 - "Cowboys are my Weakness" by Pam Houston, Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer, "My Ranch Too" by Mary Budd Flitner, “Riding the white horse home” by Theresa Jordan, "My Place Among Men," Kris Millgate 30:46 – Fly FishHer Adventures 32:50 - Bugz with Magz Happy Hour! 33:42 – “Beyond the Hundredth Meridian” by Wallace Stegner
Our new tradition, on the Bedrosian Bookclub, is to read a witchy book for the month of October. This year ... We're taking a look at the coming of age novel, Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya. This is the story of Antonio Marez, a six year old boy caught between his Father's love of travel, his mother's desire he become a priest, the town (modernity), and the farmland of the llano (tradition). Then a magical elder, a curandera (a healer who uses herbs and magic) comes to live with the family. She mentors the young boy as he begins to seek a better sense of himself in the world. Host Lisa Schweitzer, joined by Caroline Bhalla, Aubrey Hicks, and Stacy Patterson (EML '12) find many themes to discuss in this novel set at the end of World War II in a small New Mexican community. Read along with us! Let us know what you think of the book & our podcasts on Facebook or Twitter. Lisa on Twitter: @drschweitzer Caroline on Twitter: @Coodence Aubrey on Twitter: @AubreyHi Stacy on Twitter @stacypatt614 For links and more, check out the showpage.
Guest: Shanti Hodges, Founder, Hike it Baby Guest: Rena Payan, Program Manager, Youth Outside Books: Finding Wild; Explorers of the Wild; Listen, Listen; A is for Animals; Bless Me Ultima
Have you heard the Good News about the Golden Carp? Joel Torres is here to help us survive the perilous childhood of Rudolfo Anaya’s Bless Me, Ultima. Host John McCoy.
We celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with a classic Hispanic author. We’re not sure if we like being in a dream-like state while following the Buendia family. Ursula is awesome, the women are great, and the men kinda suck.Show Notes What did you think of One Hundred Years of Solitude? Tell us about it on Goodreads! One Hundred Years of Solitude on Goodreads and Amazon Fangirl on Goodreads and Amazon Blood Red Road on Goodreads and Amazon Shadow of the Wind on Goodreads and Amazon When I was Puerto Rican on Goodreads and Amazon Almost a Woman on Goodreads and Amazon The Turkish Lover on Goodreads and Amazon Bless Me Ultima on Goodreads and Amazon 50 Great Hispanic Novels Every Student Should Read Carry On on Goodreads and Amazon Family Members List Big Library Read Next Month's Book The Golem and the Jinni on Goodreads and Amazon
Gravity ReviewWhat We Watched: Room 237, The American Scream, Bless Me Ultima, Ernest Scared Stupid, The Conjuring, V/H/S 2, H. H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer & Attack on Titan.Gravity Spoiler Discussion (after the outro music). You can download the episode here. (right click to save)