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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Cultural and Linguistic Considerations | |
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| Labeling | |
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| Mexican-American Literature: A Brief Survey | |
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| Fiction | |
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| Sandra Cisneros from | |
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| The House on Mango Street: “My Name,” | |
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| “A House of My Own,” | |
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| “Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes.” | |
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| Gary Soto fromLiving Up the Street: “Black Hair.” Jose Antonio Villareal fromPocho | |
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| Rudolfo Anaya from | |
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| Bless Me Ultima | |
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| Ana Castillo from | |
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| So Far from God | |
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| Denise Chavez from | |
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| The Last of the Menu Girls: “Willow Game.” | |
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| Rolando Hinojosa fromBecky and Her Friends: “Becky.” | |
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| Roberta Fernandez fromIntaglio: A Novel in Six Stories: “Esmeralda.” | |
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| Helena Maria Viramontes fromUnder the Feet of Jesus | |
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| Americo Paredes fromGeorge Washington Gomez | |
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| Poetry | |
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| Pat Mora, “Sonrisas,” | |
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| “Bilingual Christmas,” | |
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| “The Grateful Minority.” | |
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| Ana Castillo, “Women Are Not Roses,” | |
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| “Not Just Because My Husband Said.” | |
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| Sandra Cisneros, “My Wicked Wicked Ways,” | |
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| “For All Tuesday Travelers.” | |
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| Gary Soto, “Who Will Know Us?,” | |
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| “Moving Our Misery.” | |
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| Bernice Zamora, “Luciano.” | |
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| Lorna Dee Cervantes, “To We Who Were Saved by the Stars.” | |
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| Gloria Anzaldua, “To Live in the Borderlands Means You.” | |
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| Jimmy Santiago Baca, “Roots,” | |
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| “Accountability,” | |
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| “A Daily Joy to be Alive.” Drama | |
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| Estela Portillo Trambley,Sor Juana | |
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| Luis Valdez,Bernab� | |
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| Cuban-American Literature: A Brief Survey | |
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| Fiction | |
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| Cristina Garcia fromDreaming in Cuban | |
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| Oscar Hijuelos fromThe Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love | |
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| Virgil Suarez from | |
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| Spared Angola: Memories of a Cuban-American Childhood: “La Ceiba: Tree of Life.” Pablo Medina from | |
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| The Marks of Birth: “The Birthmark.” Margarita Engle from | |
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| Singing to Cuba | |
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| Himilce Novas fromMangos, Bananas and Coconuts: A Cuban Love Story | |
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| Teresa Bevin from | |
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| Havana Split: “City of Giant Tinajones.” Jose Yglesias from | |
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| The Guns in the Closet: “The Place I Was Born,” “Celia's Family.” Poetry | |
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| Gustavo Perez Firmat “Bilingual Blues,” | |
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| “Dedication.” | |
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| Pablo Medina “The Exile,” | |
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| “Winter of a Rose.” | |
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| Ricardo Pau-Llosa “Foreign Language,” | |
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| “Minas de Cobre.” | |
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| Elias Miguel Munoz “Little Sister Born in this Land.” | |
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| Carolina Hospital “Dear T�a.” Drama | |
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| Dolores PridaBeautiful Se�oritas | |
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| Ren� Alom�A Little Something to Ease the Pain | |
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| Puerto-Rican American Literature: A Brief Survey | |
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| Fiction | |
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| Judith Ortiz Cofer fromThe Line of the Sun | |
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| Nicholassa Mohr fromNilda | |
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| Piri Thomas fromDown These Mean Streets | |
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| Jack Agueros fromDominoes and Other | |