La Bloga: Bits

“The Premio Aztlán (for a work published in 2005) has been awarded to Denver writer Gene Guerin for his novel, Cottonwood Saints. A press release from the University of New Mexico Libraries said that this is Guerin’s first book although he has written documentary film scripts.

Cottonwood Saints “chronicles the lives of a New Mexico woman, Margarita Juana Galvan, and her son Michael. The story, told through Michael’s eyes, explores the challenges faced by an intelligent, independent-minded girl maturing in a man’s world. Margarita’s family is affected by the prominent events of the century — the influenza pandemic of 1918, the rise of the Ku Klux Klan, the Great Depression, and World War II.”"

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