Joe Hayes (author and storyteller)

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Joseph (Joe) Hayes
Born (1945-11-12) 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]

Early life

Born in rural western Pennsylvania, not far from Pittsburgh, Joe was the youngest of five children with two brothers and two sisters.[6] His father often told stories to the children and later, Joe would do the same for his children.[7] The family moved west to Benson,[8] a small town in Arizona.[4] Spending his late childhood and adolescent years in southern Arizona, Joe picked up the Spanish which would become an integral part of his storytelling and writing.[4] Joe currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico.[9]

Education and Employment

In 1968, Joe graduated from University of Arizona with a Bachelor of Arts in English. He started teaching at Sunnyside High School[8] in Tucson, Arizona. Joe left teaching and was employed in mineral exploration work from 1972–1976, working all over the western U.S. as well as in Mexico and Spain. He returned to Los Alamos, New Mexico in 1976 and again taught English.[8] 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.[7][8] 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.[7] 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 U.C.L.A.[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.[7] For children and adults alike, Joe's storytelling sessions outside the tepee at the Wheelwright Museum in Santa Fe are a summer tradition that has continued for over 25 years.[7][10][11][12]

Works

Books

Anthologies with Stories from Joe Hayes

Editing or Translations by Joe Hayes

Quotes

“I feel like my bilingual approach to storytelling has helped Spanish-speaking children feel proud of their heritage and at the same time has helped non-Hispanic children open up to and appreciate the Spanish language and Hispanic culture,” wrote Hayes, a native of Pennsylvania and current New Mexico resident, in an email. “I think it’s really important that my own heritage is not Hispanic. It defuses the ‘us and them’ way of looking at language. For Hispanic kids I’m one of ‘them’ honoring ‘our’ language, and for non-Hispanic kids it’s one of ‘us’ honoring ‘their’ language. Barriers are lowered; rigid attitudes are softened; a better sense of community is fostered.”[50]
Someone has said that enemies are just people whose stories we don’t know. I see a lot of truth in that. The more other people’s stories are hidden from us, the easier it is for us to view them as enemies. But, when we begin to learn their stories, we recognize all we share in common with them and we delight in how the unique beauty of their traditions enriches our own lives.[51]

Awards and Accolades

References

  1. ↑ Library of Congress authority file
  2. ↑ WHAT'S DOING IN; Santa Fe, by Anie Puleston Fleming in the NY Times Travel Section, July 16, 1989
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Joe Hayes
  4. 1 2 3 [Author Joe Hayes' "Little Gold Star" is one of only a few bilingual storybooks on the market by David Brower, Morning Edition (NPR), MAY 10, 2000]
  5. ↑ Storyteller Joe Hayes Recounts Cuban Folktales February 16, 2009
  6. ↑ San Antonio Current: Un mensaje de los niños
  7. 1 2 3 4 5
  8. 1 2 3 4 [Yarn spinner enthralls kids, adults by Rosalie Robles Crowe; Arizona Daily Star dated 3/6/2009]
  9. ↑ Storyteller Joe Hayes Recounts Cuban Folktales
  10. ↑ Wheelright Museum of the American Indian
  11. ↑ WorldCat 22842870 Stories at the tipi live at the Wheelwright Museum
  12. ↑ Santa Fe Online
  13. ↑ WorldCat 19536017-Heart Full of Turquoise
  14. ↑ WorldCat 3244045 Antonio's Lucky Day
  15. ↑ WorldCat 32349785-Coyote and the butterflies
  16. ↑ WorldCat 14389799 Checker Playing Hound
  17. ↑ WorldCat 10149741 Coyote &
  18. ↑ WorldCat 13727209 Day it snowed Tortillas 1982
  19. ↑ WorldCat 51977759 Day it snowed Tortillas-New version
  20. ↑ WorldCat 175217415 Dance, Nana, Dance
  21. ↑ WorldCat 45446140 El Cucuy A Bogeyman Cuento
  22. 1 2 Land of Enchantment Book Awards
  23. ↑ WorldCat 27984606 Everyone Knows Gato Pinto
  24. ↑ WorldCat 574753154 Ghost Fever
  25. 1 2 Texas Bluebonnet Award
  26. ↑ WorldCat 70174800 Gum Chewing Rattler
  27. ↑ WorldCat 45466160 Juan Verdades
  28. ↑ WorldCat 17200075 La Llorana
  29. ↑ WorldCat 51070777 Little Gold Star
  30. ↑ WorldCat 19955483 Mariposa, Mariposa
  31. ↑ WorldCat 20295353 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Oh!/Lunes, Martes, Miécoles, O!
  32. ↑ WorldCat 16648544 No way, José! = De ninguna manera, José!
  33. ↑ WorldCat 49404268 Pájaro verde = The green bird
  34. ↑ WorldCat 28067654 Soft Child
  35. ↑ WorldCat 32746171 A Spoon for every bite
  36. ↑ WorldCat 38426041 Tell Me a Cuento/Cuéntame un story
  37. ↑ WorldCat 16681842 The Terrible Tragadabas/El Terrible Tragadabas
  38. ↑ WorldCat 31042007 Watch out for clever women! = Cuidado con las mujeres astutas!
  39. ↑ WorldCat 25328705 The Wise Little Burro
  40. ↑ WorldCat 32835553 Where there's a will, there's a way = Donde hay ganas, hay mañas : a story in two languages
  41. ↑ WorldCat 24283905 Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival
  42. ↑ Worldcat 26547446 More Best-Loved Stories Told at the National Storytelling Festival
  43. ↑ 5 minute tales
  44. ↑ Library of Congress ISBN 1-59820-125-5
  45. ↑ Library of Congress ISBN 1-59820-127-1
  46. ↑ Library of Congress ISBN 1-59820-130-1
  47. ↑ Library of Congress ISBN 0-8263-1927-0, ISBN 0-8263-1928-9
  48. ↑ Library of Congress 1598201352
  49. ↑ World Cat 37261086
  50. ↑ Ghost Fever
  51. ↑ Joe Hayes receives the ANNE IZARD Storyteller's Choice Award
  52. ↑ Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Latino Folktales
  53. ↑ Arizona Library Association Previous Service and Book Award Recipients
  54. ↑ Now known as Grand Canyon Reader Award
  55. ↑ 2002 IPPY Awards
  56. ↑ 2003 IPPY Awards
  57. ↑ Aesop Accolade Awards
  58. ↑ Talking Leaves Recipients
  59. ↑ 2005 Latino Book Awards
  60. ↑ 2005 IPPY
  61. ↑ WLS Anne Izard Storytellers' Choice Awards
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