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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The last generation The last generation Cherríe Moraga A classic work by award-winning author Cherríe Moraga, The Last Generation is an electric mix of prose and poetry that continues conversations started in the beloved books This Bridge Called My Back:… OL11639101W
lucky wreck lucky wreck Ada Limón Poetry by Ada Limón. The winner of the 2005 Autumn House Poetry Prize, selected by Jean Valentine. "Ada’s new book has a smart clip of anger to some of the poems, edgy parameters of disappointment… OL13673168W
Sandra Cisneros Sandra Cisneros Karen Clemens Warrick "Discusses the life of Latina author Sandra Cisneros, including her childhood in Chicago, her path to becoming an accomplished author, and her work in the Latino community"--Provided by publisher. OL15054698W
The underground heart The underground heart Ray González "Returning home after a long absence is not always easy. For Ray Gonzalaz, it is more than a visit; it is a journey to the underground heart.". "He has lived in other parts of the country for more t… OL15105429W
The Glimmering Room The Glimmering Room Cynthia Cruz Cynthia Cruz’s second collection, <em>The Glimmering Room</em>, beckons readers down into the young speakers’ dark underworld, and because we are seduced by Cruz’s startling imagery and language rich… OL16499163W
Conversations with Mexican American writers Conversations with Mexican American writers Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak,Nancy Sullivan Interviews with nine Mexican American authors conducted primarily in 2007. OL18350820W
Mestizos come home! Mestizos come home! Robert Con Davis "Chronicles important ways Mexican Americans have changed American culture for the better since the 1960s including attitudes towards mestizo (mixed-race) identity and the creation of a new cultural … OL20055222W
The children of the Sun The children of the Sun Marcienne Rocard xvii, 393 p. ; 24 cm OL3057503W
Americo Paredes Americo Paredes Rebecca Thatcher Murcia A biography of the Mexican American scholar, folklorist, and poet who taught for many years at the University of Texas and wrote the 1958 book "With His Pistol in His Hand." OL5719956W
When we arrive When we arrive José F. Aranda "When We Arrive integrates Early American Studies and Chicano/a Studies into a comparative cultural framework by using the Puritan connection to shed new light on dominant images of Chicano/a narrati… OL5953247W
Prietita and the Ghost Woman / Prietita y la Llorona Prietita and the Ghost Woman / Prietita y la Llorona Maya Christina Gonzalez,Gloria E. Anzaldúa Prietita, a young Mexican-American girl, becomes lost in her search for an herb to cure her mother and is aided by the legendary ghost woman. <small>from Google Books</small> OL61324W
Borderlands/La Frontera Borderlands/La Frontera Gloria E. Anzaldúa "Rooted in Gloria Anzaldúa's experience as a Chicana, a lesbian, an activist, and a writer, the essays and poems in this volume challenge how we think about identity. Borderlands/La Frontera remaps … OL61326W
Historia Historia Louis Gerard Mendoza "Libraries, Borderlands scholars, and those interested in the broad issues of cultural studies will want to own Mendoza's innovative book, which instead of insisting on the strict separation of the t… OL6207973W
Mirrors Beneath the Earth Mirrors Beneath the Earth Ray González,Ray Gonzalez <em>Mirrors Beneath the Earth</em> is an historic and unique collection of contemporary Chicano fiction: 31 stories depicting the richly varied experiences of Mexican-Americans in the U.S. Some, like… OL7990291W
Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del Otro Lado Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del Otro Lado Gloria E. Anzaldúa Friends from the Other Side / Amigos del Otro Lado is a bilingual Latino children's book written by Mexican American/Chicana scholar Gloria E. Anzaldúa and illustrated by Consuelo Méndez Castillo. … OL8104312W
Interviews/Entrevistas Interviews/Entrevistas Gloria E. Anzaldúa,AnaLouise Keating Gloria E. Anzaldua, best known for her books *Borderlands/La Frontera* and *This Bridge Called My Back*, is often considered as one of the foremost modern feminist thinkers and activists. As one of t… OL8104313W
Watsonville/Circle in the Dirt: Watsonville: Some Place Not Here and Circle in the Dirt Watsonville/Circle in the Dirt: Watsonville: Some Place Not Here and Circle in the Dirt Cherríe Moraga "In this third volume of plays by Cherrie L. Moraga to be published by West End Press, we confront the changing California landscape of the 1990s, as anti-immigration, anti-youth, and English Only le… OL8707143W