An Interview with Rudolfo Anaya

"Of his native New Mexico, novelist Rudolfo Anaya says, ""It is the place where imagination and the image-laden memory begin their work, and the 3 forces - place, imagination, and memory - are inextricably wound together in my work."" In this interview with Kay Bonetti, Anaya - one of the founding fathers of Chicano literature - talks about his place in the Chicano tradition and the small press success story of Bless Me Ultima, now widely available in the ""mainstream"" press. Anaya's other works include Heart of Aztlan, La Tortuga (winner of the American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation), and Albuquerque."