Banned Book Club: Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya (September 8th)
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As a staff of avid readers here at Little Fox it has always been important for us to seek truth, and to fight against conformality by reading and selling banned books here in our store. We would love to share this journey with you as we read through the most challenged books on the banned book list.
Join us for book club every second Tuesday to discuss this months pick! All our book clubs are low-key with a goal of creating community and making friends. We are limited to 8 seats and spots fill up months in advance so RSVP to claim your spot!
You can pick up a copy of this month's book at the bookshop, order it online for pick up, or order it from bookshop.org and have it shipped directly to your house - make sure you get a copy.
About This Book:
Antonio Marez is six years old when the woman who helped usher him into the world comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. Venerated by some as a miracle-worker―and disparaged by others as a bruja―Ultima, a curandera, or healer, opens Tony’s eyes to the spiritual roots of his culture, and introduces him to a magical, if sometimes frightening, new world: a realm in which she operates as a shaman.
Suddenly, the ordinary challenges and triumphs of childhood become extraordinary. As Ultima shows Tony how to cure ailments, reverse curses, and restore peace to those who have lost it, he embarks on a singular quest, one in which he probes the family ties that bind and rend him, questions the Catholicism that shaped him, and explores the Spanish, Mexican, and Native American influences that informed not only his heritage, but his very sense of self. And at each life turn there is Ultima, who was there the day he was born … and will nurture the birth of his soul.
A rich and wondrous story that reveals universal truths about the human condition and celebrates the beauty of Chicano culture.
With a new foreword by author, playwright, and stage director Denise Chavez; a new afterword by award-winning journalist and author Carmela Padilla; and a new essay by Manuel Muñoz, a Macarthur Fellow and winner of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize.
Join us for book club every second Tuesday to discuss this months pick! All our book clubs are low-key with a goal of creating community and making friends. We are limited to 8 seats and spots fill up months in advance so RSVP to claim your spot!
You can pick up a copy of this month's book at the bookshop, order it online for pick up, or order it from bookshop.org and have it shipped directly to your house - make sure you get a copy.
About This Book:
Antonio Marez is six years old when the woman who helped usher him into the world comes to stay with his family in New Mexico. Venerated by some as a miracle-worker―and disparaged by others as a bruja―Ultima, a curandera, or healer, opens Tony’s eyes to the spiritual roots of his culture, and introduces him to a magical, if sometimes frightening, new world: a realm in which she operates as a shaman.
Suddenly, the ordinary challenges and triumphs of childhood become extraordinary. As Ultima shows Tony how to cure ailments, reverse curses, and restore peace to those who have lost it, he embarks on a singular quest, one in which he probes the family ties that bind and rend him, questions the Catholicism that shaped him, and explores the Spanish, Mexican, and Native American influences that informed not only his heritage, but his very sense of self. And at each life turn there is Ultima, who was there the day he was born … and will nurture the birth of his soul.
A rich and wondrous story that reveals universal truths about the human condition and celebrates the beauty of Chicano culture.
With a new foreword by author, playwright, and stage director Denise Chavez; a new afterword by award-winning journalist and author Carmela Padilla; and a new essay by Manuel Muñoz, a Macarthur Fellow and winner of the Joyce Carol Oates Prize.
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