Hispanic-American Literature A Brief Introduction and Anthology

by Kanellos, Nicolas

• ISBN13: 9780673469564
• ISBN10: 0673469565
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-07
• Publisher: Pearson

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.

Table of Contents

Foreword
Ishmael Reed
Introduction
AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Piri Thomas (b. 1928)
Seven Long Times Prologue	11	(3)
Floyd Salas (b. 1931)
Buffalo Nickel
[The Water Tower]	14	(7)
[The Boxing Match]	21	(5)
Victor Villasenor (b. 1940)
Rain of Gold
[The Confession]	26	(8)
Judith Ortiz Cofer (b. 1952)
Tales Told under the Mango Tree	34	(11)
Sandra Cisneros (b. 1954)
Ghosts and Voices: Writing from Obsession	45	(5)
Notes to a Young(er) Writer	50	(5)
FICTION
Rolando Hinojosa (b. 1929)
Into the Pit with Bruno Cano	55	(7)
Lionel G. Garcia (b. 1935)
The Sergeant	62	(17)
Nicholasa Mohr (b. 1935)
Aunt Rosana's Rocker	79	(18)
Tomas Rivera (1935-1984)
First Communion	97	(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