Joe Hayes (author and storyteller)
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Pennsylvania
Joseph (Joe) Hayes | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 November 1945 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]
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
- A Heart Full of Turquoise, Mariposa Publishing, 1988[13]
- Antonio's Lucky Day, Scholastic, 1993[14]
- Coyote and the butterflies : a Pueblo Indian tale, Scholastic, 1993[15]
- The Checker Playing Hound Dog, Mariposa Publishing, 1986[16]
- Coyote &, Mariposa Publishing, 1983 [17]
- The Day It Snowed Tortillas : tales from Spanish New Mexico, Mariposa Pub., 1985, c1982[18][19]
- Dance, Nana, dance = Baila, Nana, baila : Cuban folktales in English and Spanish Cinco Puntos Press, 2008[20]
- El Cucuy A Bogeyman Cuento, Cinco Puntos Press, 2001[21] Winner: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award[22]
- Everyone Knows Gato Pinto, Mariposa Publishing, 1992 [23]
- Ghost Fever/Mal de fantasma, Cinco Puntos Press, 2004 [24] Winner: Texas Bluebonnet Award [25]
- The Gum Chewing Rattler Cinco Puntos Press, 2006[26]
- Juan Verdades The Man Who Couldn't Tell a Lie Orchard Scholastic Books, 2001 [27] Nominated: New Mexico Land of Enchantment Award Nominated: Texas Bluebonnet Award
- La Llorona/The Weeping Woman (Cinco Puntos, 1987)(Hard cover edition, Cinco Puntos Press, 2004) [28]
- Little Gold Star/Estrellita de oro Cinco Puntos Press, 2000[29]
- Mariposa, Mariposa, Trails West, 1988[30]
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Oh!/Lunes, Martes, Miécoles, (O!, Trails West, 1897[31]
- No Way, José!/(De Ninguna Manera, José, Trails West, 1986[32]
- Pájaro Verde/The Green Bird Cinco Puntos Press, 2002 Winner: American Folklore Society Aesop Award[33]
- Soft Child, Harbinger House, 1993[34]
- A Spoon for Every Bite, Orchard Books, 1994 [35]
- Tell Me a Cuento/Cuéntame un story, Cinco Puntos Press, 1998 [36]
- The Terrible Tragadabas/El Terrible Tragadabas, Trails West, 1987 [37]
- Watch Out for Clever Women/Cuidado con las mujeres astutas, Cinco Puntos Press, 1994 [38]
- The Wise Little Burro, Trails West, 1990 [39]
- Where There's a Will, There's a Way/Donde hay ganas hay mañas, Trails West, 1995[40]
Anthologies with Stories from Joe Hayes
- Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival NAPPS, 1990[41]
- More Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival NAPPS, 1992 [42]
- Five-minute tales : more stories to read and tell when time is short by Margaret Read MacDonald; August House Publishers, 2007[43]
Editing or Translations by Joe Hayes
- Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day with Mrs. Park's class Alfaguara/Santillana USA Pub. Co., 2006 [44]
- Celebrate a powwow with Sandy Starbright / F. Isabel Campoy & Alma Flor Ada ; illustrated by Maria Jesus Alvarez ; translated by Joe Hayes and Sharon Franco; Miami : Alfaguara/ Santillana USA, c2007.[45]
- Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the Mexican hat dance Alfaguara/ Santillana US, 2006.[46]
- Cuentos de cuanto hay-Tales from Spanish New Mexico/collected from the oral tradition,by J. Manuel Espinosa;University of New Mexico Press, 1998.[47]
- Celebrate Kwanzaa with Boots and her kittens Alfaguara/ Santillana USA[48]
- Modelo antiguo : a novel of Mexico City; Cinco Pintos Press, 1997[49]
