Tey Diana Rebolledo

Tey Diana Rebolledo is an editor and literary critic. Rebolledo specializes in Spanish and Chicana literature.

Personal life Rebolledo is a native of Las Vegas, New Mexico, born April 29, 1937. Her parents were Washington Antonio and Esther Vernon Galindo Rebolledo. Her father was a Spanish professor at what was then called the Las Vegas Normal School (present day New Mexico Highlands University) and later Connecticut College for Women. MA, Latin American Studies, University of New Mexico, 1962

Rebolledo is one of the foundational voices in Chicano/a/x literary criticism. Her groundbreaking anthology, Infinite Divisions: An Anthology of Chicana Literature (1993), edited with Eliana Rivero, was "the first major anthology" of Chicana writings. The text brought together different genres with relevant historical documents and included writings by Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Ana Castillo, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Denise Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Pat Mora, Cherríe Moraga, and María Helena Viramontes. The Chronicles of Panchita Villa and Other Guerrilleras: Essays on Chicana/Latina Literature and Criticism (University of Texas Press, 2005)

Edited

Las Mujeres Hablan: An Anthology of Nuevo Mexicana Writers. With Erlinda Gonzales-Berry and Teresa Márquez. (University of New Mexico, 1988) Nuestras Mujeres: Hispanas of New Mexico, Their Images and Their Lives, 1582-1992 (El Norte Publications, 1992) Infinite Divisions: An Anthology of Chicana Literature. With Eliana Rivero. (University of Arizona Press, 1993) Women's Tales from the New Mexico WPA: La Diabla a Pie. With Teresa M. Márquez. (Arte Público Press, 2000)