Reading Room        Los libros de Aztlan
(Better late than never and always more than asked for  (snort!)
BLESS ME ULTIMA  by Rudolfo Anaya
The magical, spiritual world view from the eyes of a young boy in the llanos of New Mexico.

FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley
A stunning piece of work

THE FOUNTAINHEAD  by Ayn Rand
Rand at her finest...unforgettable.

DUNE by Frank Herbert
I have read this complete series over four times and I love it more and more every time.

PARADISE LOST  by John Milton
One of the most spectacular works in English!!

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD  by Zora  Neale Hurston
One of the strongest yet very real female characters that takes life head on...

ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF SOLITUDE  by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
 Magical realism at is best

MY WICKED, WICKED WAYS & LOOSE WOMAN  by Sandra Cisneros (poetry)
Passionate, honest and fierce, Cisneros is wholly  y siempre Mexicana.

BORDERLANDS/LA FRONTERA  by Gloria Azaldua
Essays on life as a woman, a chicana, a lesbian, a human being

SIBLING SOCIETY  by Robert Bly
An eye opening experience that is a bit alarming when one considers Bly’s consequences.

REVIVING OPHELIA  by Mary Pipher
Pipher’s look at trends in women from childhood to adulthood

DESERT SOLITARE  by Edward Abbey
A thoughtful and often electric collection of essays on the desert .

MY NAME IS ASHER LEV  by Chaim Potok
A beautiful story of an individual fighting tradition and culture to be his own person

COLLECTION OF WM FAULKNER
Light in August, Absalom! Absalom!, As I Lay Dying.. a master writer

COLLLECTION OF FEDRICO GARCIA LORCA (poetry)
Read him! Good Golly Miss Molly!

COLLECTION OF PABLO NERUDA (poetry)
This man could touch the souls of the dead.. The most vibrant, elegant and insightful poet I know.

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