Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Imagining the family.
  • Daughter of invention /
  • Julia Alvarez
  • The Mambo Kings play songs of love /
  • Oscar Hijuelos
  • Silent dancing /
  • Judith Ortíz-Cofer
  • The moths /
  • Helena María Viramontes
  • Un hijo del sol /
  • Genaro Gonzalez
  • An apology to the moon furies /
  • Edgardo Vega Yunqué
  • The ruins /
  • Patricia Preciado Martin
  • The closet /
  • Denise Chávez
  • Gringolandia.
  • Alien turf /
  • Piri Thomas
  • The day the Cisco Kid shot John Wayne /
  • Nash Candelaria
  • Mr. Mendelsohn /
  • Nicholasa Mohr
  • On the road to Texas : Pete Fonseca /
  • Tomás Rivera
  • Kipling and I /
  • Jesús Colón
  • The Hammon and the beans /
  • Américo Paredes
  • Pocho /
  • José Antonio Villareal
  • The autobiography of a brown buffalo /
  • Oscar "Zeta" Acosta
  • Songs of self-discovery.
  • First communion /
  • Edward Rivera
  • Brother Imás /
  • Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
  • Golden glass /
  • Alma Villanueva
  • My father's flag /
  • J.L. Torres
  • Being mean /
  • Gary Soto
  • People should not die in June in south Texas /
  • Gloria Anzaldúa
  • The monkey garden /
  • Sandra Cisneros
  • The apple orchard /
  • Rudolfo A. Anaya
  • Aria /
  • Richard Rodriguez.