Synopses & Reviews
andlt;bandgt;WANTING TO BELONG. WANTING TO GO HOME. LOVE. REGRET. FAMILY LEGENDS. DREAMS. REVENGE. ENGLISH. SPANISH.andlt;/bandgt; andlt;BRandgt; This eclectic, gritty, and groundbreaking collection of short monologues features twenty-one of the most respected Latino authors writing today, including Sandra Cisneros, Oscar Hijuelos, Esmeralda Santiago, and Gary Soto. Their fictional narratives give voice to what it's like to be a Latino teen in America. These voices are yearning. These voices are angry. These voices are, above all else, hopeful. These voices are America.
Review
"While Laura Amy Schlitz introduced younger readers to voices from a medieval village in her recent Newbery Medal winner, Carlson, editor of the bilingual poetry anthology andlt;iandgt;Cool Salsaandlt;/iandgt; (rev. 11/94), returns here with a superb collection of contemporary voices from the Latino community. All the contributors are Latino, and a few, such as Gary Soto and Sandra Cisneros, should already be familiar to young adults. While there is quite a range of style and content in these vignettes, they all evince pride in a cultural heritage that celebrates faith and tradition, food and language, and the importance of family." -- andlt;iandgt;Horn Book Magazineandlt;/iandgt;
Synopsis
WANTING TO BELONG. WANTING TO GO HOME. LOVE. REGRET. FAMILY LEGENDS. DREAMS. REVENGE. ENGLISH. SPANISH. This eclectic, gritty, and groundbreaking collection of short monologues features twenty-one of the most respected Latino authors writing today, including Sandra Cisneros, Oscar Hijuelos, Esmeralda Santiago, and Gary Soto. Their fictional narratives give voice to what it's like to be a Latino teen in America. These voices are yearning. These voices are angry. These voices are, above all else, hopeful. These voices are America.
About the Author
andlt;bandgt;Lori Marie Carlsonandlt;/bandgt; is the author of two novels, two landmark bilingual poetry anthologies, and many other young adult and children's books. andlt;bandgt;Oscar Hijuelosandlt;/bandgt; is a first-generation Cuban American and the first Latino to win the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. He has written six novels, the most recent of which is andlt;Iandgt;A Simple Habana Melody.andlt;/iandgt; They live in New York City.
Table of Contents
Editor's Note
Ritual
by Claudia Quiroz Cahill
Reclaim Your Rights as a Citizen of Here, Here
by Michele Serros
Spending Mone
by Gary Soto
I Stand at the Crosswalk
by Esmeralda Santiago
Angel's Monologue
by Gwylym Cano
José
by Caridad de la Luz
The Evil Eye
by Raquel Valle Sentíes
Poultrymorphosis
by Oscar Hijuelos
Last Week I Wanted to Die
by Susan Guevara
I'm Mad at My Father
by Trinidad Sánchez Jr.
Translating Things
by Marjorie Agosín
Mujeriego
by Michael Mejias
Birth
by Walkiris Portes
Me American
by Jesse Villegas
My First American Summer
by Lissette Mendez
God Smells Like a Roast Pig
by Melinda Lopez
Oh, Beautiful?
by René Pedraza del Prado
Futureboy
by Juan Felipe Herrera
Emily
by Elaine Romero
Sylvia
by Elaine Romero
Barrio ABCs
by Quiara Alegría Hudes
Darius and the Clouds
by Sandra Cisneros
Biographical Notes
Copyright
Acknowledgments