Great Writers, Bless Me, Ultima, Rudolfo Amaya

In the Canon of American Literature, there has to be room for Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima.  In the tradition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and To Kill a Mockingbird, there must be room for a coming of age story from a landscape in New Mexico.

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Published: 1972; 272 pages

“Si,” I promised.
“Now take the owl, go west into the hills until you find a forked juniper tree, there bury the owl. Go quickly—”
“Grande,” my mother called outside.
I dropped to my knees.
“Bless me, Ultima—” (299)

68 pages, 26,734 words; some visuals