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Author:

Mermann-Jozwiak, Elisabeth.

Title:

Conversations with Mexican American writers : languages and literatures in the borderlands / Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, Nancy Sullivan.

Publisher:

University Press of Mississippi,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xxv, 161 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Mexican American authors--Interviews.
Authors, American--20th century--Interviews.
American literature--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Mexican American authors--Political and social views.
American literature--Mexican-American Border Region--History and criticism.
Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.
Mexican Americans in literature.

Other Authors:

Sullivan, Nancy, 1949-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Stories that must be told: an introduction -- The stuff that you pull out of your kischkas: conversation with Montserrat Fontes -- Braiding languages, weaving cultures: conversation with Diana Montejano -- You must be the change you wish to see in the world: conversation with Pat Mora -- Between belonging and exile: conversation with Benjamin Alire Sáenz -- Muy payasa: conversation with Sandra Cisneros -- You carry the border with you: conversation with Helena María Viramontes -- My grandmother makes the best tortillas and other stereotypes: conversation with Dagoberto Gilb -- Testimonio, reconnection, and forgiveness: conversation with Norma ElÍa Cantú -- Ay, el inglés tan bonito!: conversation with Denise Chávez.

Summary:

Interviews with nine Mexican American authors conducted primarily in 2007.

ISBN:

1604732156 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781604732153 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1604732148 (cloth : alk. paper)
9781604732146 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)244293246

LCCN:

2008036159

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)