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Hispanic-American Literature A Brief Introduction and Anthology

by: Kanellos, Nicolas

Hispanic-American Literature A Brief Introduction and Anthology

by: Kanellos, Nicolas

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9780673469564
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Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 01/07/1997
Publisher: Pearson

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Summary

Following a historical overview, this book presents works by Piri Thomas, Sandra Cisneros, Nicholasa Mohr, Robert Fernandez, Luis Omar Salinas, Angelo de Hoyos, Pat Mora, Sandra Maria Esteves, and Martin Espada, among others.

Foreword

Ishmael Reed

Introduction

AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Piri Thomas (b. 1928)

Seven Long Times Prologue

(3)

Floyd Salas (b. 1931)

Buffalo Nickel

[The Water Tower]

(7)

[The Boxing Match]

(5)

Victor Villasenor (b. 1940)

Rain of Gold

[The Confession]

(8)

Judith Ortiz Cofer (b. 1952)

Tales Told under the Mango Tree

(11)

Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954)

Ghosts and Voices: Writing from Obsession

(5)

Notes to a Young(er) Writer

(5)

FICTION

Rolando Hinojosa (b. 1929)

Into the Pit with Bruno Cano

(7)

Lionel G. Garcia (b. 1935)

The Sergeant

(17)

Nicholasa Mohr (b. 1935)

Aunt Rosana's Rocker

(18)

Tomas Rivera (1935-1984)

First Communion

(4)

Ed Vega (b. 1936)

The Kite

101

(27)

Roberta Fernandez (b. 1940)

Zulema

128

(13)

Alejandro Morales (b. 1944)

The Curing Woman

141

(6)

Denise Chavez (b. 1948)

The Closet

147

(12)

Roberto Fernandez (b. 1951)

Miracle at Eighth and Twelfth

159

(3)

Retrieving Varadero

162

(6)

Helena Maria Viramontes (b. 1954)

The Cariboo Cafe

168

(13)

Virgil Suarez (b. 1962)

Dearly Beloved

181

(10)

POETRY

Gloria Vando (b. 1934)

Legend of the Flamboyan

191

(3)

Nuyorican Lament

194

(3)

Luis Omar Salinas (b. 1937)

Ode to the Mexican Experience

197

(1)

When This Life No longer Smells of Roses

198

(1)

My Father Is a Simple Man

199

(1)

I Am America

200

(2)

Angela de Hoyos (b. 1940)

You Will Grow Old

202

(1)

Lesson in Semantics

203

(1)

How to Eat Crow on a Cold Sunday Morning

203

(2)

Miguel Algann (b. 1941)

Taos Pueblo Indians: 700 Strong According to Bobby's Last Census

205

(4)

Ricardo Sanchez (b. 1941)

Soledad Was a Girl's Name

209

(3)

Letters to My Ex-Texas Sanity

212

(3)

Pat Mora (b. 1942)

Immigrants

215

(1)

Gentle Communion

216

(1)

Arte Popular

217

(1)

Old Anger

217

(1)

Curandera

218

(2)

Miguel Pinero (1946-1988)

A Lower East Side Poem

220

(2)

New York City Hard Times Blues

222

(8)

Sandra Maria Esteves (b. 1948)

Resurrections

230

(1)

Padrino

231

(1)

Bautizo

232

(1)

Ocha

232

(2)

Pablo Medina (b. 1948)

Madame America

234

(3)

The Apostate

237

(1)

The Beginning

238

(1)

Victor Hernandez Cruz (b. 1949)

today is a day of great joy

239

(1)

energy

240

(1)

The Latest Latin Dance Craze

241

(1)

Loisaida

241

(6)

Evangelina Vigil-Pinon (b. 1949)

jes todo!

247

(2)

Tato Laviera (b. 1950)

latero story (can pickers)

249

(2)

AmeRican

251

(2)

intellectual

253

(1)

boricua

254

(2)

Gustavo Perez-Firmat (b. 1950)

Lime Cure

256

(1)

On Whether My Father Deserves a Poem

257

(1)

The Poet's Mother Gives Him a Birthday Present

258

(2)

Judith Ortiz Cofer (b. 1952)

Quinceanera

260

(1)

Mamacita

260

(1)

Exile

261

(1)

Under the Knife

262

(1)

Alberto Rios (b. 1952)

Five Indiscretions

263

(5)

On January 5, 1984, El Santo the Wrestler Died, Possibly

268

(3)

Jimmy Santiago Baca (b. 1952)

Martin III

271

(6)

Lorna Dee Cervantes (b. 1954)

Refugee Ship

277

(1)

Heritage

278

(1)

The Poet Is Served Her Papers

278

(1)

Pleiades from the Cables of Genocide

279

(4)

Martin Espada (b. 1957)

Portrait of Real Hijo de Puta

283

(1)

Revolutionary Spanish Lesson

284

(1)

Colibri

284

(2)

Carolina Hospital (b. 1957)

Miami Mimesis

286

(1)

A Visit to West New York

287

(1)

Alma Mater

288

(1)

Finding Home

288

(1)

The Old Order

289

(4)

DRAMA

Dolores Prida (b. 1943)

Beautiful Senoritas

293

(30)

Alternate Table of Contents by Theme

323

(5)

Selected Bibliography

328

(5)

Index of Authors, Titles and First Lines of Poems

333

(3)

Acknowledgments

336

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Hispanic-American Literature A Brief Introduction and Anthology

Hispanic-American Literature A Brief Introduction and Anthology

9780673469564

0673469565

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