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Editorial
- "Gloria Anzaldua, Presente!"
Posted May, 2004
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Xispas
Magazine magazine recognizes
the vital and incalculable contribution to Xicana and Xicano
literature, theory and history that Gloria Anzaldua has
given in her 61 years of life. She was a true pioneer and
original thinker whose publications include Borderlands/La
Frontera: The New Mestiza (1987), chosen by Hungry Mind
Review and Utne Reader as one of the 100 Best Books of the
Century. Gloria
passed away on May 15, reportedly from diabetes-related
complications.
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She
also edited the groundbreaking anthology This Bridge Called
My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color (1981) and the
multicultural feminist text, Making Face, Making Soul/Haciendo
Caras: Creative and Critical Perspectives from Feminists
of Color (1990). She has also published poetry, short stories,
theoretical essays, children's books, interviews, and more.
Gloria Anzaldua was born in the Rio Grande Valley of South
Texas--the "Valley of Tears." She received her B.A. from
Pan American University, her M.A. from the University of
Texas, Austin, and was completing her doctorate at the University
of California, Santa Cruz.
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Her
many awards include the American Book Award, the Lamda Lesbian
Small Book Press Award, and a National Endowment for the
Arts fiction award, among others. We
honor Gloria Anzaldua's amazing life, humanity and intelligence--a
true Xicana voice, thinker and leader. Que en paz descanse.
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