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Winner of the National Poetry Series 1993 Open Competition.Finalist in the American Library Association's 1995 Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Book Award in the literature category.Finalist in the PEN Center USA West 1995 Literary Awards in the poetry category.Finalist in the Lambda Book Award in the gay...

Winner of the 2001 Carey McWilliams Award. This paperback edition of Mike Davis's investigation into the Latinization of America incorporates the extraordinary findings of the 2000 Census as well as new chapters on the militarization of the Border and violence against immigrants.

Breaking Boundaries reevaluates the paradigmatic and often divisive categories set forth by the literary establishment, whether those be cultural, linguistic, literary, academic, political, or sexual. It focuses on an already extensive and rich body of literature written by Latina women....

The authors describe a new demographic phenomenon: the settlement of Latino families in areas of the United States where previously there has been little Latino presence.This New Latino Diaspora places pressures on host communities, both to develop conceptualizations of Latino newcomers and to...

Latino cuisine has always been a part of American foodways, but the recent growth of a diverse Latino population in the form of documented and undocumented immigrants, refugees, and exiles has given rise to a pan-Latino food phenomenon. These various food cultures in the United States are expertly...

In the past ten years, literature by U.S. Latinos has gained an extraordinary public currency and has engendered a great deal of interest among educators. Because of the increase in numbers of Latinos in their classrooms, teachers have recognized the benefits of including works by such important...

This book celebrates the emergence of a potent force on the American literary scene: the coming of age of contemporary Hispanic writers. The Americas Review--the pioneering journal of Hispanic literary arts, which has nurtured the early careers of many now-famous authors--celebrates its 25th...