women's voices from the borderlands Castillo Speed, Lillian ed. text nyu New York A Touchstone Book 1995 monographic eng

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284 p. ; 22 cm. Thirty Hispanic stories by women writers. They range from Mary Ponce's Just Desserts, about a woman whose date turns sour, to Lucha Corpi's Epiphany: The Third Gift, on a girl who lacks femininity and the effect this has on her family. Pt. 1. The past we bring with us -- Pt. 2. Our land, our lives -- Pt. 3. Nuestra politica. My mother's Mexico / Ana Castillo -- Facing the mariachis / Alicia Gaspar de Alba -- from A place where the sea remembers / Sandra Benítez -- Lourdes Puente / Cristina García -- Puertoricanness / Aurora Levins Morales -- Remembering Lobo / Pat Mora -- Tierra a Tierra / Patricia Preciado Martin -- Rosario Magdaleno / Patricia Blanco -- That was living / Kathleen Ann González -- How Pancho was nearly late to his own funeral / Arlene Mestas -- Twist and shout / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- Miss Clairol / Helena María Viramontes -- Snow / Julia Alvarez -- from A name for Cebolla / Reid Gómez -- Grand slam / Denise Chávez -- Two letters home / Lety Martínez González and Patricia Zárate -- Only daughter / Sandra Cisneros -- Polaroids / Achy Obejas -- Marta del Angel / Linda Macías Feyder -- Fresh fruit / Marisella Veiga -- Just dessert / Mary Helen Ponce -- Personality fabulosa / Monica Palacios -- Art in America con Acento / Cherríe Moraga -- from Singing to Cuba / Margarita Engle -- Enedina's story / Inés Hernández-Avila -- Epiphany : the third gift / Lucha Corpi -- from Borderlands/La Frontera : the new Mestiza / Gloria Anzaldúa -- from When I was Puerto Rican / Esmerelda Santiago -- from In search of Bernabe / Graciela Limón -- from MotherTongue / Demetria Martínez -- Place of the dead / Alma Luz Villanueva. general ed. by Lillian Castillo-Speed. cl----- Literatura norteamericana Autores hispanoamericanos Mujeres hispanoamericanas Colecciones literarias Literatura norteamericana Autoras Mujeres hispanoamericanas Primera Jornada de Catalogación PS 508 L357 1995 810.80928708968 068480381X 9780684803814 BNMEX 960201 20230410132658.0 96381 spa