Marcia Hatfield Daudistel Explained

Marcia Hatfield Daudistel is a non-fiction writer and editor who focuses on the history and culture of El Paso, Texas. Daudistel has been inducted into the El Paso Women's Hall of Fame.^[1]

Daudistel's anthology, Literary El Paso (2009) is a large collection of essays, stories, poetry and more from 62 different literary figures from El Paso.^[2] Each writer represented in the book describes El Paso and their own personal connections to the city.^[3] Daudistel said that it was difficult to limit the number of authors for the anthology because El Paso has "an amazing literary heritage."^[4]

Grace and Gumption: The Women of El Paso, was also edited by Daudistel and released in 2011. The book describes the profiles of women who have lived in El Paso starting in the 1800s.^[5]

External links

• Author talk (video)
• Interview (audio)

Notes and References

1. Web site: El Paso Commission for Women Hall of Fame Members. El Paso Commission for Women. https://web.archive.org/web/20150209134000/http://elpasowomen.org/halloffame.htm. 9 February 2015. 7 July 2016.
2. News: Book Review: 'Literary El Paso,' Edited by Marcia Hatfield Daudistel. Sumner. Jane. 13 December 2009. The Dallas Morning News. 9 July 2016.
3. Ortega. A.J.. 2009. Literary El Paso. Southwestern American Literature. 35. 1. 68–70. 11 July 2016. subscription . EBSCO.
4. 2011. Interview with El Paso Writer and Editor Marcia Hatfield Daudistel. Interdisciplinary Humanities. 28. 1. 101–105. 9 July 2016. subscription . EBSCO.
5. Terrazas. Beatriz. 2011. The Soul of a Community. Texas Books in Review. 31. 4. 6–7. 9 July 2016. subscription . EBSCO.