Kathleen Alcalá
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Kathleen Alcalá (born 29 August 1954) is the author of a short-story collection and three novels set in the American Southwest and nineteenth-century Mexico. She teaches creative writing at workshops and programs in Washington state and elsewhere, including Seattle University, the University of New Mexico and Richard Hugo House. Alcalá is also a co-founder of and contributing editor to The Raven Chronicles. A play based on her novel, Spirits of the Ordinary, was produced by The Miracle Theatre of Portland, Oregon. She serves on the board of Richard Hugo House and the advisory boards of Con Tinta, Field’s End and the Centrum Writers Conference. She is the winner of several awards for her writing, including an Artist Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship in 2007.[1]
[edit] Works
- Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist (Calyx Books)
- Spirits of the Ordinary (Chronicle; Harvest Books)[2]
- The Flower in the Skull (Chronicle;Harvest Books)[3]
- Treasures in Heaven (Chronicle; Northwestern University Press)
- The Desert Remembers My Name: On Family and Writing (University of Arizona Press)[4]
[edit] References
- ^ 2007 Fellowship Recipient Profiles. Artist Trust. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
- ^ Ruff, Carolyn. "Lifted by the Spirit", The Washington Post, 1997-02-13. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
- ^ "`Flower in the Skull' has timeless message", The Deseret News, 1998-07-05. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
- ^ Lloyd McMichael, Barbara. ""The Desert Remembers My Name" | Shaking answers from the family tree", The Seattle Times, 2007-04-26. Retrieved on 2008-01-26.
