Kathleen near Rio, courtesy Claire Joysmith


2010



Upcoming Travel:

Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, MX

San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, MX

San Antonio, TX

Whidbey Island, WA
Signed and collectible editions of my books



Whidbey Island Writers MFA Program
La Bloga
The Eagle Harbor Book Company
Waterbridge Review
The Raven Chronicles
Wikepedia on Opata
SCJS
The Miracle Theatre
Tree of Life Judaica and Books
The Elliott Bay Book Company
Powell's World of Books
Authors Guild

Selected Works

Creative Nonfiction
The Desert Remembers My Name
Essays on Family and Writing

“The Desert Remembers My Name makes an important contribution to discussions of ethnicity, identity, and the literature of place.”
–Bloomsbury Review
Fiction
Treasures in Heaven
"...a mesmerizing tale... the author explores the fascinating confusions and contradictions plaguing a culture precariously poised between tradition and modernization."
–Booklist
The Flower in the Skull
"She never forgot the power of storytelling as testimony."
–The Utne Reader
Spirits of the Ordinary
"Kathleen Alcalá's Spirits of the Ordinary is an enthralling book..."
–Paul Yamazaki, City Lights Books

"This book entered my dreams."
–Alberto Rios
Short Fiction
Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist
"Thoroughly satisfying."
–The New York Times Book Review

"By turns touching, entertaining, and surprising, and uniquely her own."
–Publishers Weekly

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