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Song of the Hummingbird מאת Graciela Limon From Aztec princess to slave and concubine, Hummingbird--or Huitzitzilín in her native Nahuatl--recounts her life during the Spanish conquest of Mexico. Expressing a confidence and freedom that women have strived for centuries to attain, Huitzitzilín passionately relates her tale to Father Benito,...

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Rituals of Survival: A Woman's Portfolio מאת Nicholasa Mohr A collection of five short stories and a novella which offers valuable portraits of New York City women and the rituals of survival that shape their lives. These tales of triumph, pathos, humor, and masterworks from the winner of The New York Times Best Book of the Year, the Jane Addams Book Award, ...

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Silent Dancing: A Partial Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood מאת Judith Ortiz Cofer a memoir including some poetry ...

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Magda's Tortillas / Las Tortillas De Magda מאת Becky Chavarria-Chairez Even at the advanced age of seven, Magda Madrigal can remember back to when she was a little girl and would watch her abuela making tortillas. Having studied techniques of a master, she now feels confident of her own ability to turn out beautiful, delicious, and round tortillas. But somehow the roll...

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I Am Rene, the Boy/ Soy Rene, El Nino מאת Rene Colato Lainez Young René’s teacher is calling role one morning, and René is dismayed to hear someone else answer to his name. It’s not only that he thought he was the only person with that name, but also that the new student who answers is a girl. That afternoon his classmates tease, "René has a girl’s...

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The Summer of El Pintor Ofelia Dumas Lachtman

The Summer of El Pintor מאת Ofelia Dumas Lachtman When sixteen-year-old Monica and her widowed father go back to Los Angeles, reluctantly moving from a wealthy neighborhood to the barrio house her mother grew up in, Monica tries to locate a missing neighbor, and in the process learns about her mother's past....

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The Memories of Ana Calderón מאת Graciela Limón Now available for the first time on paperback, The Memories of Ana Calderón is the fictional memoir of a talented woman, born in tradition-bound rural Mexico, who comes to the United States and greater opportuninty only to find that here, too, society, family and religion seem to conspire to hold h...

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Mixturao and Other Poems מאת Tato Laviera In the title poem of Tato Laviera's fifth poetry collection, "Mixturao," he celebrates the mix of diverse cultures and languages that make up America, and challenges those who advocate a monolingual existence: "We who integrate / urban America / simmering in each other's / slangs indigenous / nativi...