Fray Angélico Chávez: Poet, Priest, and Artist

Contributors

143 CONTRIBUTORS p murray bodo, o.f.m., is a Franciscan priest. The author of fifteen books, he is at present writer-in-residence at Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, Kentucky. He earned a Ph.D. in literary criticism and composition from the University of Cincinnati in 1992 and has been published in several literary magazines. His best-selling Francis, the Journey and the Dream has sold over 160,000 copies and has been translated into seven languages. In 1992 his short story ‘‘The Blue Chariot’’ won the Belly-of-the-Whale Award of Ambergris Magazine and was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Father Murray’s latest book is Tales of an Endishodi: Father Berard Haile and the Navajos, 1900–1961 (University of New Mexico Press, 1998). ‘‘After the Earthquakes,’’ a poem about the Assisi earthquakes, has been accepted by The Paris Review. At present Fr. Murray is coauthoring with Mark Evan Chimsky a book about religious retreat. thomas e. chávez received his Ph.D. in history from the University of New Mexico. He has published four books and numerous articles, including Manuel Alvarez, 1794–1856: A Southwestern Biography and An Illustrated History of New Mexico (University Press of Colorado, 1990 and 1996). Dr. Chávez is director of the Palace of the Governors at the Museum of New Mexico, Santa Fe. A nephew of Fray Angélico Chávez, he is currently preparing his uncle’s last book for publication. clark colahan is associate professor of foreign languages at Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington, specializing in Renaissance Spanish and colonial New Mexican literatures. His joint translation with Celia Weller of Cervantes’s last book, The Trials of Persiles and Sigismunda, has been published by University of California Press. He authored The Visions of Sor María de Agreda (University of Arizona Press, 1994), about the author of the best-known biography of the Virgin Mary, and helped Spanish national television make a documentary on her legend in New Mexico for the series ‘‘Mujeres en la historia.’’ 144 Contributors mario t. garcía is professor of history and Chicano studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara. He is the author of numerous works on Chicano history, including Desert Immigrants: The Mexicans of El Paso, 1880–1920 (Yale University Press, 1981); Mexican Americans: Leadership, Ideology & Identity, 1930–1960 (Yale University Press, 1989); Memories of Chicano History: The Life and Narrative of Bert Corona (University of California Press, 1994); Ruben Salazar, Border Correspondent: Selected Writings, 1955–1970 (University of California Press, 1995); and The Making of a Mexican American Mayor: Raymond L. Telles of El Paso (Texas Western Press, 1998). He is at work on a coauthored biography of Fray Angélico Chávez with Ellen McCracken. luis leal is the dean of Mexican American intellectuals in the United States. In his illustrious career, Leal has taught at the University of Mississippi, Emory University, the University of Illinois at Urbana, and the University of California, Santa Barbara, where an endowed chair has been established in his honor. He has published widely on Latin American, Mexican, and Chicano literatures, including 30 books and over 250 articles. Among his most distinguished works are Breve historia del cuento mexicano (1956); Juan Rulfo (1983); Mariano Azuela: vida y obra (1961); and Aztlán y México: perfiles literarios e históricos (1985). He has received countless awards, including the Aguila Azteca from Mexico in 1991 and the National Humanities Medal from the United States in 1997. manuel m. martín-rodríguez is associate professor of Latino and Latin American literatures at Texas A & M University. He has published Rolando Hinojosa y su ‘‘cronicón’’ chicano: Una novela del lector (Universidad de Sevilla, 1993) and La voz urgente: Antología de literatura chicana en español (Madrid: Fundamentos, 1995). His articles have appeared in such journals as The Americas Review, Hispanic Journal, Hispania, Bilingual Review, Revista Iberoamericana, and Latin American Literary Review. ellen mccracken is professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of California, Santa Barbara, where she teaches Latin American literature, U.S. Latino literature, and cultural semiotics. She has written Decoding Women’s Magazines: From Mademoiselle to Ms. (St. Martin’s, 1993) and New Latina Narrative: The Feminine Space of Postmodern Ethnicity (University of Arizona Press, 1999). She is currently coauthoring a biography of Fray Angélico Chávez with Mario García. jack clark robinson, o.f.m., is a Franciscan friar and priest, a member of the Province...