Daughters of the fifth sun : a collection of Latina fiction and poetry

Milligan, Bryce, 1953- (Added Author). Milligan, Mary Guerrero. (Added Author). De Hoyos, Angela. (Added Author).

Summary: A collection of Latino stories and poetry by women writers, most of whom were born in the U.S. The stories range from The Kiss by Julia Alvarez, which is on a tyrannical father, to Eyes of Zapata by Sandra Cisneros, a Mexican war story.

Item details

ISBN: 1573220094 (alk. paper)
ISBN: 9781573220095 (alk. paper)
Physical Description: print
xix, 283 p. ; 21 cm.
Publisher: New York : Riverhead Books, 1995.

Contents / Notes

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The wedding / Denise Chávez -- Uncoiling / Pat Mora -- On becoming round / Miriam Bornstein -- Nada / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- (There has to be) something more than everything / Rosemary Catacalos -- Night vigil / Evangelina Vigil-Piñon -- The house of quilts / Enedina Cásarez Vásquez -- Uncle Teo's shorthand cookbook / Margarita Engle -- Holy relics / Gloria Anzaldúa -- Tía María / Deborah Paredez -- Four, free, and illegal / Lucha Corpi -- Along my paths / Teresinka Pereira -- Ryan, thanks for the offer / Nicole Pollentier -- The kiss / Julia Alvarez -- Bananas / Lorna Dee Cervantes -- Sin palabras / Sheila Sánchez Hatch -- Dear world / Alma Luz Villanueva -- Eyes of Zapata / Sandra Cisneros -- He 2-104 : a true planetary nebula in the making / Gloria Vando -- The glass box / Rosario Ferré -- Adelina / Marjorie Agosín -- Xochitl-poem : for Paul Perry, Joseph Booker, and the Palo Alto Writers Guild / Angela de Hoyos -- In the other half of time / Mireya Robles -- From face / Cecile Pineda -- An isle of sorrow / Bernice Zamora -- I have no companions / Maya Islas -- Checho's cow / Carmen Tafolla -- North from the river, south inside / Eliana Súarez Rivero -- Lotería : la rosa / Mary Guerrero Milligan -- The singing antelope / Inés Martínez -- New Mexican confession / Cherríe Moraga -- Being Indian, a candle, and so many dying stars / Ana Castillo.

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