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Bordering Fires The Vintage Book of Contemporary Mexican and Chicana and Chicano Literature Author: Cristina Garcia As the descendants of Mexican immigrants have settled throughout the United States, a great literature has emerged, but its correspondances with the literature of Mexico have gone largely unobserved. In Bordering Fires, the first anthology to combine writing from both sides of the Mexican-U.S. border, Cristina Garc’a presents a ric...  more »hly diverse cross-cultural conversation. Beginning with Mexican masters such as Alfonso Reyes and Juan Rulfo, Garc’a highlights historic voices such as “the godfather of Chicano literature” Rudolfo Anaya, and Gloria Anzaldœa, who made a powerful case for language that reflects bicultural experience. From the fierce evocations of Chicano reality in Jimmy Santiago Baca’s Poem IX to the breathtaking images of identity in Coral Bracho’s poem “Fish of Fleeting Skin,” from the work of Carlos Fuentes to Sandra Cisneros, Ana Castillo to Octavio Paz, this landmark collection of fiction, essays, and poetry offers an exhilarating new vantage point on our continent–and on the best of contemporary literature.  « less Post This Book Login | Register ISBN-13: 9781400077182 ISBN-10: 1400077184 Publication Date: 10/10/2006 Pages: 304 Rating: Currently 0/5 Stars.   ? 0 stars, based on 0 rating Publisher: Vintage Book Type: Paperback Members Wishing: 1 Reviews: Amazon | Write a Review

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