PatMora (born January 19, 1942 in El Paso, Texas)[2] is an American poet and author of books for adults, teens and children. Her grandparents came to El Paso from northern Mexico. A graduate of the University of Texas at El Paso, she received Honorary Doctorates from North Carolina State University and SUNY Buffalo, and is an Honorary Member of the American Library Association. A literacy advocate, in 1996, she founded Children's Day, Book Day, in Spanish, El día de los niños, El día de los libros now celebrated across the country each year on April 30.
American poet and author
Not to be confused with Patrick Mora, a French theoretical plasma physicist.
Pat Mora taught for the El Paso Public Schools, the El Paso Community College, and the University of Texas at El Paso where she then became Assistant to the Vice President for Academic Affairs and later Assistant to the President.
Writing
Mora began professionally writing in the early 1980s.[3] She has produced writing for all age groups, creating picture books, poetry and biographies.[4] Her choice of subject matter and theme is often shaped by life on the Mexico–United States border where she was born and spent much of her life. she says: "The desert, mi madre, is my stern teacher...The Southwestern landscape has been my world, my point of reference."[5] Her writing highlights the human and cultural diversity of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico.[4] She writes of the rich sense of "diversity within Mexican American experience."[6] Mora celebrates diversity and is opposed to the idea of an American monoculture; therefore, she is very concerned with preserving cultural heritage: "I write because I believe that Mexican Americans need to take their rightful place in U.S. literature. We need to be published and to be studied in schools and colleges so that the stories and ideas of our people won't quietly disappear."[3]
Mora is a strong advocate of bilingual literacy.[4] Early in her career, she coined a concept she named "bookjoy" which describes the pleasure of reading.[4]
Mora's style of writing often incorporates code-switching between English and Spanish words.[4] As a writer, she allows a free-flow of ideas in her first draft: she doesn't question her motivation for writing and writes using "as little conscious analysis as possible."[2] She prefers to use her critical eye for editing her own work later.[2]
Mora has collaborated with her daughter, Libby Martinez, on two children's books: I Pledge Allegiance and Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo!, for which Martinez is the illustrator.[7]
Children's Day, Book Day
In the mid-nineties, Mora founded the community-based, family literacy initiative, El día de los niños, El día de los libros/Children's Day, Book Day (Día). In 1997, she received the official endorsement of REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking for the project.[8] Mora based Dia on Mexican National Children's Day festivities held since 1925.[8] The two part celebration of Día includes a commitment to promote literacy and bookjoy, and culminates in book celebrations that unite communities. When choosing a date to kick off Día, she chose April 30 because it was the last day of National Poetry month.[8] The first Dia took place in 1996.[4]
Children's Day, Book Day, has grown in the U.S. to include all children, languages and cultures. Mora has expressed the desire to have books, celebrations and materials for Día to include "all languages spoken in the United States."[8]
In 2004, the Association for Library Services to Children's (ALSC) division of the American Library Association became an active partner for Dia.[4] Mora says, "If we want our nation to be a country of readers...[we] need to work together to inspire communities in nurturing reading families."[4]../
Amelia Bloomer Project Recommended List: A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Inéz, (2004).[11]
Arizona Governor's Book Award: Confetti: Poems for Children, (2004).[9]
Pellicer-Frost Bi-national Poetry Award, Ford Foundation, FEMAP Foundation and Museo de Arte e Historia del INBA-Cd. Juarez, (1999).[9]
Fahd Elbadry Southwest Book Award: A Birthday Basket for Tia, (1992).[9]
Poetry Award, Conference of Cincinnati Women (1990).[9]
El Paso Herald-Post Writer's Hall of Fame Inductee (1988).[12]
Kellogg National Fellowship Leadership Award (1986).[9][12]
Border Regional Library Association Award: Borders (1986).[12]
Border Regional Library Association Award: Chants (1984).[12]
Southwest Council of Latin American Studies, Harvey L. Johnson Award (1984).[12]
National Association for Chicano Studies, Creative Writing Award (1983).[12]
Mora has received Honorary Doctorates in Letters from North Carolina State University and SUNY Buffalo and is an Honorary Member of the American Library Association. She was a recipient of a Civitella Ranieri Fellowship to write in Umbria, Italy. She was a Visiting Carruthers Chair at the University of New Mexico, a recipient and judge of the Poetry Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, and a recipient and advisor of the Kellogg National Fellowships.
Bibliography
Encantado: Desert Monologues. University of Arizona Press. 2018. ISBN9780816538027.
Adobe Odes. University of Arizona Press. 8 November 2006. ISBN9780816526109.
Agua Santa: Holy Water. Beacon Press. 20 July 1997. ISBN9780807068298.
Bookjoy, Wordjoy. illustrated by Raúl Colón. Lee & Low Bookss. 2018. ISBN9781620142868.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
The Remembering Day/El día de los muertos. illustrated by Robert Casilla. Piňata Books. 1 October 2015. ISBN9781558858053.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Water Rolls, Water Rises/El agua rueda, el agua sube. illustrated by Meilo So. Children's Book Press. 1 October 2014. ISBN9780892393251.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
I Pledge Allegiance. co-authored with Libby Martinez illustrated by Patrice Barton. Random House Children's Omni. 1 January 2014. ISBN9780307931818.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
The Beautiful Lady: Our Lady of Guadalupe. illustrated by Steve Johnson and Lou Fancher. Knopf Books for Young Readers. 1 January 2012. ISBN9780375868382.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
A Piñata in a Pine Tree: A Latino Twelve Days of Christmas. illustrated by Magaly Morales. Clarion Books. 14 September 2009. ISBN9780618841981.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Sweet Dreams/Dulces Suenos. illustrated by Maribel Suárez. Rayo. 27 May 2008. ISBN9780060850418.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Join Hands!. illustrated by George Ancona. Charlesbridge. 1 January 2008. ISBN9781580892032.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Let's Eat!/A Comer!. illustrated by Maribel Suárez. Rayo. 1 March 2008. ISBN9780060850395.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Doña Flor: A Tall Tale About a Giant Woman With a Great Big Heart. illustrated by Rafael López. Lee & Low Books. 1 October 2007. ISBN9781584302711.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
¡Marimba!: Animales From A to Z. illustrated by Doug Cushman. Clarion Books. 13 November 2006. ISBN9780618194537.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Gracias/Thanks. illustrated by John Parra. Lee & Low Books. 1 July 2005. ISBN9781600602580.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
The Song of Saint Francis and the Animals. illustrated by David Frampton. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. 16 August 2005. ISBN9780802852533.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
A Library for Juana: The World of Sor Juana Inés. illustrated by Beatriz Vidal. Knopf Books for Young Readers. 12 November 2002. ISBN9780375806438.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Maria Paints the Hills. illustrated by Maria Hesch. Museum of New Mexico Press. 1 October 2002. ISBN9780890134108.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Agua, Agua, Agua. illustrated by José Ortega. Good Year Books. 1 September 1994. ISBN9780673361950.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Pablo's Tree. illustrated by Cecily Lang. Simon and Schuster. 1994. ISBN9780027674019.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
A Birthday Basket for Tía. illustrated by Cecily Lang. Macmillan Publishing Company. 1992. ISBN9780027674002.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo!
The Desert Is My Mother/El desierto es mi madre(bilingual)
Abuelos
The Bakery Lady/La señora de la panaderia (bilingual)
Listen to the Desert: Oye al desierto
My Family/Mi Familia series: Here Kitty, Kitty/¡Ven gatita, ven! (bilingual)
The Night the Moon Fell
Family
Pat Mora raised her 3 children and worked in El Paso until 1989, when she moved to Cincinnati, Ohio.[3] She is married to Vern Scarborough, a professor of anthropology.[2] She lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
References
Gilb, Dagoberto, ed. (2006). Hecho en Tejas: an Anthology of Texas-Mexican Literature. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press. p.329. ISBN9780826341259.
Oliver-Rotger, Maria-Antónia (1999). "Pat Mora". Voices from the Gaps. University of Minnesota. Retrieved 10 February 2015. "This page was researched and submitted by: Delia Abreu, Kristene Both, and Beth Woodruff on [May 16, 2000]." Retrieved 2015-09-18.
Murphy, Patrick (1996). "Conserving Natural and Cultural Diversity: The Prose and Poetry of Pat Mora". MELUS. 21 (1): 59–69. doi:10.2307/467806. ISSN0163-755X. JSTOR467806.
Larson, Jeanett (January 2011). "Talking with Pat Mora". BookLinks. American Library Association / Booklist Publications. 20 (2): 23–26. ISSN1055-4742. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
Mora, Pat (1988). Farah, Cynthia (ed.). Literature and Landscape (1sted.). El Paso, Texas: Texas Western Press. pp.58–59. ISBN0874042062.
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