New Mexico is an enchanted land -- and from this beautiful place with its rich cultural diversity and complex history, a strong Hispanic literary tradition has grown spanning several centuries.Platicas: Conversations with Hispano Writers of New Mexico is a series of interviews with six remarkable contemporary Hispano writers from that New Mexico tradition. The conversations found here with Rudolfo A. Anaya, Denise E. Chavez, Erlinda Gonzales-Berry, E. A "Tony" Mares, Orlando Romero, and Sabine R. Ulibarri represent a sketch of New Mexican Hispanic intellectual and artistic history that has not been assembled elsewhere.