The result is a novel brimming with hope, hilarity, and moxie. When a developer comes up with plans to turn Dogtown into a winery, the neighborhood’s motley band of citizens - led by Pepa Romero, the local healer and unofficial mayor of the enclave - unite in their struggle to preserve and protect their small corner of the world. The book, which took Trujillo 10 years to write, tells the story of the citizens of Dogtown, a rough-and-tumble neighborhood on the outskirts of Santa Fe, New Mexico. This past September, Curbstone Press published Trujillo’s second novel, Faith and Fat Chances, a PEN/Bellwether Prize Finalist for Socially Engaged Fiction. In order for her to claim her freedom and independence, though, Marci must defy her family and church, forcing her to question her very culture and upbringing. While Marci navigates a tough terrain rife with violence, poverty, and drug abuse, she slowly comes to terms with her own maturing lesbian identity, which is in direct conflict with her devout Catholic upbringing.
Booklist called it “ a robust addition to the growing body of Latino and Latina writing” while Sandra Cisneros proclaimed it “a story … at once heartbreaking and hilarious, beautifully told by a wise and wise-cracking young girl.” Set in 1960s California, What Night Brings focuses on young Marci Cruz - smart, sassy, and wise beyond her years - who is raised in an environment that is at once tender as it is hostile. Winner of the Miguel Marmol prize, awarded to a first novel or short story collection that focuses on human rights. In 2003, Curbstone Press published her first novel, What Night Brings. Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About won Trujillo a Lambda Literary Award as well as the Out/Write Vanguard Award. Editor of two seminal texts - Chicana Lesbians: The Girls Our Mothers Warned Us About, and Living Chicana Theory, both published by Third Woman Press - Trujillo’s contributions to the field of Chicana literary scholarship have garnered her a steady stream of admirers over the years, as well as some impressive accolades.
SCHOLAR, UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATOR, AND NOVELIST Carla Trujillo is no stranger to hard work.
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