Joe Hayes (author and storyteller) explained

Joseph (Joe) Hayes
Birth Date:1945 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Pennsylvania
Occupation:Author, Storyteller, Editor, Translator
Nationality:American
Period:1980s–present
Genre:children's books, storytelling, New Mexican Spanish tales

Joseph (Joe) Hayes (born November 12, 1945)[1] is an American author and teller of stories mainly found in the folklore of the American Southwest.[2] [3] Hayes was an early pioneer of bilingual Spanish/English storytelling.[3] [4] [5] Joe currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[6]

Early life

Born in rural Western Pennsylvania not far from Pittsburgh, Joe was the youngest of five children, with two brothers and two sisters.[7] His father often told stories to the children. Later, Joe would do the same for his children.[8] The family later moved west to Benson,[9] a small town in Arizona.[4] Spending his late childhood and adolescent years in Southern Arizona, Joe picked up the Spanish that would become an integral part of his storytelling and writing.[4]

Education and Employment

In 1968, Joe graduated from the University of Arizona with a bachelor's degree in English. He started teaching at Sunnyside High School[9] in Tucson, Arizona. Joe left teaching and was employed in mineral exploration work from 1972 to 1976, working all over the western U.S. as well as in Mexico and Spain. He moved to Los Alamos, New Mexico, in 1976 and again taught English.[9] His interest in storytelling deepened, partly due to the early influence of his father, and he started to share the tales with a broader audience.[8] [9] In 1979, he began to devote himself full-time to sharing stories. He focuses on elementary school audiences, although his work appeals to a wide range of ages.[8] In 1989, he was designated a New Mexico Eminent Scholar by the New Mexico Commission on Higher Learning.[3] He is a guest lecturer at colleges and universities and delivered the commencement address at the Graduate School of Library and Information Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.[3] In 2001, he traveled to Cuba participate in a translation workshop sponsored by Writers of the Americas and developed his interest in Cuban and African folk tales there.[8] For children and adults alike, Hayes' storytelling sessions outside the tepee at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe were a summer tradition that has continued for over 40 years.[8] [10] [11] [12]

Works

Books

Anthologies with Stories from Joe Hayes

Editing or Translations by Joe Hayes

Quotes

I feel like my bilingual approach to storytelling has helped Spanish-speaking children feel proud of their heritage and at the same time has helped non-Hispanic children open up to and appreciate the Spanish language and Hispanic culture," wrote Hayes, a native of Pennsylvania and current New Mexico resident, in an email. "I think it's really important that my own heritage is not Hispanic. It defuses the 'us and them' way of looking at language. For Hispanic kids I'm one of 'them' honoring 'our' language, and for non-Hispanic kids it's one of 'us' honoring 'their' language. Barriers are lowered; rigid attitudes are softened; a better sense of community is fostered."[49]

Someone has said that enemies are just people whose stories we don't know. I see a lot of truth in that. The more other people's stories are hidden from us, the easier it is for us to view them as enemies. But, when we begin to learn their stories, we recognize all we share in common with them and we delight in how the unique beauty of their traditions enriches our own lives.[50]

Awards and Accolades

Notes and References

  1. http://errol.oclc.org/laf/n82-111684.html Library of Congress authority file
  2. https://www.nytimes.com/1989/07/16/travel/what-s-doing-in-santa-fe.html WHAT'S DOING IN; Santa Fe, by Anie Puleston Fleming in the NY Times Travel Section, July 16, 1989
  3. http://www.cincopuntos.com/authors_detail.sstg?id=19 Joe Hayes
  4. Author Joe Hayes' "Little Gold Star" is one of only a few bilingual storybooks on the market by David Brower, Morning Edition (NPR), MAY 10, 2000
  5. Web site: Storyteller Joe Hayes Recounts Cuban Folktales February 16, 2009 . September 29, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100812192441/http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/003638.html . August 12, 2010 . dead .
  6. Web site: Storyteller Joe Hayes Recounts Cuban Folktales . 2009-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100812192441/http://www.unm.edu/~market/cgi-bin/archives/003638.html . 2010-08-12 . dead .
  7. http://www.sacurrent.com/news/story.asp?id=65712 San Antonio Current: Un mensaje de los niños
  8. Web site: Joe Hayes—Award-Winning Bilingual Storyteller - 11/1/2008 - Criticas . 2009-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100224082035/http://www.criticasmagazine.com/article/CA6606946.html . 2010-02-24 . dead .
  9. Yarn spinner enthralls kids, adults by Rosalie Robles Crowe; Arizona Daily Star dated 3/6/2009
  10. Web site: Wheelright Museum of the American Indian . 2009-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110725180603/http://www.wheelwright.org/events_joehayes.html . 2011-07-25 . dead .
  11. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/22842870 WorldCat 22842870 Stories at the tipi live at the Wheelwright Museum
  12. http://www.sfaol.com/life/hayes.html Santa Fe Online
  13. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19536017 WorldCat 19536017-Heart Full of Turquoise
  14. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32424045 WorldCat 3244045 Antonio's Lucky Day
  15. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32349785 WorldCat 32349785 - Coyote and the butterflies
  16. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/14389799 WorldCat 14389799 Checker Playing Hound
  17. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/10149741 WorldCat 10149741 Coyote &
  18. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/13727209 WorldCat 13727209 Day it snowed Tortillas 1982
  19. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51977759 WorldCat 51977759 Day it snowed Tortillas-New version
  20. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/175217415 WorldCat 175217415 Dance, Nana, Dance
  21. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45446140 WorldCat 45446140 El Cucuy A Bogeyman Cuento
  22. http://voyager.wnmu.edu/mdocs/LandofEnchantmentBookAward.pdf Land of Enchantment Book Awards
  23. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27984606 WorldCat 27984606 Everyone Knows Gato Pinto
  24. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/54753154 WorldCat 574753154 Ghost Fever
  25. Web site: Texas Bluebonnet Award . 2009-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090427090849/http://www.txla.org/groups/tba/winners.html . 2009-04-27 . dead .
  26. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/70174800 WorldCat 70174800 Gum Chewing Rattler
  27. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/45466160 WorldCat 45466160 Juan Verdades
  28. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/17200075 WorldCat 17200075 La Llorana
  29. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51070777 WorldCat 51070777 Little Gold Star
  30. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/19955483 WorldCat 19955483 Mariposa, Mariposa
  31. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/20295353 WorldCat 20295353 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Oh!/Lunes, Martes, Miécoles, O!
  32. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16648544 WorldCat 16648544 No way, José! = De ninguna manera, José!
  33. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/49404268 WorldCat 49404268 Pájaro verde = The green bird
  34. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/28067654 WorldCat 28067654 Soft Child
  35. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32746171 WorldCat 32746171 A Spoon for every bite
  36. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38426041 WorldCat 38426041 Tell Me a Cuento/Cuéntame un story
  37. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/16681842 WorldCat 16681842 The Terrible Tragadabas/El Terrible Tragadabas
  38. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/31042007 WorldCat 31042007 Watch out for clever women! = Cuidado con las mujeres astutas!
  39. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/25328705 WorldCat 25328705 The Wise Little Burro
  40. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/32835553 WorldCat 32835553 Where there's a will, there's a way = Donde hay ganas, hay mañas : a story in two languages
  41. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/24283905 WorldCat 24283905 Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival
  42. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26547446 Worldcat 26547446 More Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival
  43. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/122715421 5 minute tales
  44. http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=2&ti=1,2&Search%5FArg=joe%20hayes&Search%5FCode=NAME%40&CNT=100&PID=p5IKgMpk2Ha6lE2y7glUbzSbNmV&SEQ=20090926111709&SID=1 Library of Congress
  45. http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=3&ti=1,3&Search%5FArg=joe%20hayes&Search%5FCode=NAME%40&CNT=100&PID=p5IKgMpk2Ha6lE2y7glUbzSbNmV&SEQ=20090926111709&SID=1 Library of Congress
  46. http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=4&ti=1,4&Search%5FArg=joe%20hayes&Search%5FCode=NAME%40&CNT=100&PID=fGqjcvandLDe7v-KhcDxU6rlNKsS&SEQ=20090926113559&SID=1 Library of Congress
  47. http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=1&ti=1,1&Search%5FArg=joe%20hayes&Search%5FCode=NAME%40&CNT=100&PID=p5IKgMpk2Ha6lE2y7glUbzSbNmV&SEQ=20090926111709&SID=1 Library of Congress
  48. http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?v1=5&ti=1,5&Search%5FArg=joe%20hayes&Search%5FCode=NAME%40&CNT=100&PID=0V1PBItxAidMRquOcjkF3ItDDmmZ&SEQ=20090926114551&SID=1 Library of Congress 1598201352
  49. http://www.cincopuntos.com/products_detail.sstg?id=86 Ghost Fever
  50. http://cincopuntospress.blogspot.com/2009/06/joe-hayes-receives-ann-izard.html Joe Hayes receives the ANNE IZARD Storyteller's Choice Award
  51. Web site: Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Latino Folktales . 2009-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090728124904/http://dpi.state.wi.us/rll/wrlbph/latinofolktales.html . 2009-07-28 . dead .
  52. http://www.azla.affiniscape.com/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=34#1995 Arizona Library Association Previous Service and Book Award Recipients
  53. Web site: Now known as Grand Canyon Reader Award . 2009-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120324064859/http://www.grandcanyonreaderaward.org/10.html . 2012-03-24 . dead .
  54. http://www.independentpublisher.com/department.php?page=546 2002 IPPY Awards
  55. http://www.independentpublisher.com/article.php?page=741 2003 IPPY Awards
  56. http://www.afsnet.org/sections/children/ Aesop Accolade Awards
  57. Web site: Talking Leaves Recipients . 2009-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091212154444/http://www.storynet.org/programs/awards/talkingleaves.html . 2009-12-12 . dead .
  58. Web site: 2005 Latino Book Awards . 2009-09-29 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213439/http://www.lbff.us/sponsors/press-room/latinobook/2005AwardWinners.htm . 2016-03-03 . dead .
  59. http://www.independentpublisher.com/department.php?page=985 2005 IPPY
  60. http://www.westchester.com/Westchester_News/Entertainment/WLS_Anne_Izard_Storytellers'_Choice_Awards_2009062711665.html WLS Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Awards

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