San Antonio’s local folklore runs deep and dark: the Ghost Tracks, the Dancing Devil of El Camaroncito and the fearsome goat sucker El Chupacabra. Few stories, however, grip the collective imagination more profoundly than the tragic tale of the Donkey Lady, La Callada.
Author Carmen Tafolla, illustrator Thelma Ortiz-Muraida and publisher Juan Tejeda will come together this Saturday for a reading and discussion about the new young adult novel The Donkey Lady: A Graphic Parable. The work offers a modern reframing of the classic cautionary fable that’s terrified generations of South Texans.
Released by Aztlan Libre Press, The Donkey Lady: A Graphic Parable reclaims the tale of a woman subjected to violence by also highlighting kindness, harmony with nature and acceptance of differences, according to Tafolla.
This event is presented in partnership with the Mexican American Civil Rights Institute.
Free, 2-4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 1, Collins Garden Branch Library, 200 N. Park St., (210) 207-9120, mysapl.org.
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