The Keepsake Storm

by Franco, Gina L.

• ISBN13: 9780816523290
• ISBN10: 0816523290
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Univ of Arizona Pr

Summary

"Drawing on a rich tradition of storytelling in Latino literature, Gina Franco explores the transformative power of compassion as she addresses themes of cultural alienation, lost family roots, and the uncertain resiliency of the self. By reaffirming the power of self-awareness, history, and place, she reaches out to all who struggle to find meaning in times of trouble or self-doubt."--BOOK JACKET.

Author Biography

Gina Franco teaches at Knox College in Illinois.

Table of Contents

ONE
Fishing	3	(2)
Velvet	5	(4)
The Bells	9	(2)
Through the Glass it	11	(2)
These Years, in the Deepest Holes	13	(2)
Everything Goes Down a Changeling	15	(2)
Darkling	17	(2)
That He Will Land and Find His Feet	19	(2)
The Spirit that Appears When You Call	21	(10)
TWO
The Walk Like Old Habits	31	(2)
Where the Bodies, Half-Dressed, in Pieces	33	(2)
Paraffin Days	35	(2)
"That Cried to the Whole City 'Sleep No More'"	37	(2)
Del Rio	39	(8)
Where it Goes	47	(8)
Their Lives and Shadows	55	(4)
Let Us Rest	59	(2)
What We Give	61	(6)
THREE The Keepsake Storm	67	(20)
1. KEEP	67	(2)
2. QUALIFICATIONS	69	(2)
3. MINUTE	71	(1)
4. KEEL	72	(1)
5. FACE	73	(1)
6. SALT	74	(2)
7. SHIFT	76	(2)
8. ICE	78	(2)
9. K AND ME	80	(1)
On the Porch
Circa 5 pm
10. TELLING	81	(1)
11. 1909-1996	82	(1)
12. CLEAVING	83	(2)
13. ARCHAEOPTERYX, AN ELEGY	85	(2)
Acknowledgments	87