LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Bless Me, Ultima,” the book, is a widely read and critically acclaimed piece of Chicano literature that also has been quite divisive since its publication in 1972. Some critics and ...

Offsetting stiff acting with rich atmosphere, visuals and music, this long-awaited pic hits the novel's key plot points without denying its spiritual soul. Nearly as sacred as the Good Book itself in ...

Rudolpho Anaya's 1972 novel Bless Me, Ultima is a classic of Chicano literature. The story begins for Antonio, 6, when Ultima comes to live with his New Mexico family in 1944. Ultima is called a witch ...

Nostalgia is a funny thing. I tend to get swept up in that warm, slow, nap-in-the-afternoon feeling far more than I should, but I can’t help it. Remembering the better days seems to be an involuntary ...

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It’s a long way from Christy Walton’s ocean-view manse near La Jolla to the arid plains of 1940s New Mexico. But over the decades, the billionaire heiress to the Wal-Mart fortune has found solace and ...

A deeply satisfying feat of storytelling, “Bless Me, Ultima” makes a difficult task look easy. It combines innocence and experience, the darkness and wonder of life, in a way that is not easy to ...

The independent film Bless Me, Ultima is based on the most widely read and best-selling novel of the Chicano literary canon, according to the film’s press kit. Written by Rudolfo Anaya and published ...