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Algarin, Miguel and Bob Holman, editors. Jessica Hagedorn and Luis J. Rodriguez, signed.
ALOUD: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe.

Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

New York: Henry Holt, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - Anthology containing the works of over 100 modern American poets, including Martin Espada, Paul Beatty, Sapphire, Ntozake Shange, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Luis Rodriguez, Eileen Myles, Wanda Coleman. Patricia Spears Jones, David Henderson, Sandra Maria Esteves and many others. SIGNED by TWO poets: Jessica Hagedorn at her poem "Latin Music in New York" and INSCRIBED by Luis J. Rodriguez at "Meeting the Animal at Washington Square Park." The selected works were all first performed at New York City's Nuyorkian Poets' Cafe --- founded by poets Miguel Algarin, Miguel Pinero, and others. 1994 American Book Award Winner. Notes on the poets, 514 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-32576.

Condition: Near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 51208

Keywords: african american, anthology, latin american, new york city, Poetry, puerto rican, women authors
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Algarin, Miguel and Bob Holman, editors. Luis J. Rodriguez, signed.
ALOUD: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe.

Edition: First printing, a large trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

New York: Henry Holt, (1994.). SIGNED first edition - Anthology containing the works of over 100 modern American poets, including Martin Espada, Paul Beatty, Sapphire, Ntozake Shange, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Luis Rodriguez, Eileen Myles, Wanda Coleman, Thulani Davis, Victor Hernadez Cruz, Patricia Spears Jones, David Henderson, Sandra Maria Esteves and many others. SIGNED by Luis J. Rodriguez at "Meeting the Animal at Washington Square Park." The selected works were all first performed at New York City's Nuyorkian Poets' Cafe --- founded by poets Miguel Algarin, Miguel Pinero, and others. 1994 American Book Award Winner. Notes on the poets, 514 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-32576.

Condition: Near fine in stiff illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 69721

Keywords: african american, anthology, latin american, new york city, Poetry, puerto rican, women authors
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Anaya, Rudolfo A., editor; Luis Urrea Dashiell and Floyd Salas, signed.
BLUE MESA REVIEW: Number Four (4): Spring 1992.

Edition: First printing.

Albuquerque: Creative Writing Center at the University of New Mexico, 1992. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by TWO contributors - Luis Urrea at "Bid Farewell to Her Many Horses" (an early publication, preceding his first book) and by Floyd Salas as his poem "Wedo." Also includes works by Paula Gunn Allen, Sherman Alexie, Peter Wild, Gerald Burns, Benjamin Alire Saenz, Ray Gonzalez, Reuben Sanchez, Rebecca Seiferle, Joy Harjo. Leslie Marmon Silko and many others. Notes on contributors. 221 pp.

Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 70188

Keywords: latin american, Literary Journals, native american, poetry, short stories
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Ancona, George.
MURALS: Walls That Sing.

Edition: First edition.

Tarrytown, NY: Marshall Cavendish . (2003) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Award-winning photo-essay on murals from the cave paintings to colonial church murals, to the masterpieces of Diego Rivera, Orozco and other Mexican masters, the singing walls in American cities and graffiti. The vibrant photos - three to four on each spread - vary between broad shots, close-ups of details, and images of a variety of people either creating or viewing the paintings. Most of the works are in the United States, and many are from Latino and Hispanic communities. The paintings capture the spirit, pride, and history of the individuals depicted. SIGNED on the front endpaper by Ancona with a small drawing. Oblong format. 48 pp. ISBN: 0-761451315.

Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated boards in a like dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

Book ID: 76844

Keywords: Art and Photography, children's books, latin american, san francisco
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[Anthology, signed] Bill Henderson, Bill, editor. Alberto Alvarez Rios, signed
THE PUSHCART PRIZE XIV: Best of the Small Presses, 1989 - 1990.

Edition: First printing.

Wainscott, New York: Pushcart Press, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "An annual small press reader." Introduction by Tess Gallager. SIGNED by Alberto Rios at his poem "Incident at Imuris." Poetry, essays and short stories by many authors, including Alistair MacLeod, Marilyn Hacker, Julian Barnes, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Brenda Hillman, Charles Baxter, Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Doty, Lorna Goodison and many others. Index to the series, notes on contributors. 534 pp. ISBN: 0-916366588.

Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket. Uncommon signed. A contributor's copy with a SIGNED letter laid in from Bill Henderson.

Book ID: 73037

Keywords: Anthology, latin american, mexican american, poetry, short stories, western fiction
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[Anthology, signed] Bill Henderson, Bill, editor. Alberto Alvarez Rios, signed
THE PUSHCART PRIZE X: Best of the Small Presses, 1985 - 1986.

Edition: First printing.

Wainscott, New York: Pushcart Press, (1985.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "An annual small press reader." Tenth anniversary edition with an introduction by George Plimpton. Poetry Editors: Stanley Plumly, William Stafford. SIGNED by Alberto Rios at "The Secret Lion." Poetry, essays and short stories by 53 other authors, including Tim O'Brien, T.C. Boyle, William Kittredge, Bukowski, Amy Clampitt, Russell Banks, Doris Lessing and many others. Index to the series, notes on contributors. xxiv, 499 pp. ISBN: 0-916366375.

Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

Book ID: 60035

Keywords: Anthology, latin american, mexican american, poetry, short stories, western fiction
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[Anthology, signed] Bill Henderson, Bill, editor. Alberto Alvarez Rios, signed
THE PUSHCART PRIZE XIII: Best of the Small Presses, 1988 - 1989.

Edition: First printing.

Wainscott, New York: Pushcart Press, (1988.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "An annual small press reader." Introduction by Richard Ford. SIGNED by Alberto Rios at his poem "What She Had Believed All Her Life." Poetry, essays and short stories by many authors, including Rick Bass, Sharon Olds, Francine Prose, William Kittredge, Tess Gallager, Stephen Dunn, Jane Hirshfield, Carol Muske and many others. Index to the series, notes on contributors. xxvii, 475 pp. ISBN: 0-916366529.

Condition: Very near fine in a like dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

Book ID: 60089

Keywords: Anthology, latin american, mexican american, poetry, short stories, western fiction

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[Anthology, signed'] Reed, Ishmael, editor, with Carla Blank. Cecil Brown and Lucha Corpi, signed.
POW WOW: Charting the Fault Lines in the American Experience - Short Fiction from Then to Now.

Edition: First printing, the trade paperback issue.

New York: Da Capo Press - Perseus Books, (2009.). SIGNED first edition - An anthology that includes work ranging from animal stories of the Northwest Coast Eyaks to African-American folklore to reflections on the American Muslim experience. Includes contributions from both well-know writers like Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein, Russell Banks, and Zora Neale Hurston to newly discovered writers of all races, genders, and backgrounds. Among the 60 authors are Chester Himes, Robert Coover, Bharati Mukherjee, Benjamin Franklin, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Ntozake Shange, Alice Dunbar-Nelson, Mark Twain, Grace Paley, Russell Charles Leong, Charles Wright, James Alan McPherson, and many more. SIGNED by Lucha Corpi and Cecil Brown at their contributions. Foreword by Reed, notes on contributors. xxvii, 505 pp. ISBN: 9781568583426.

Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 51226

Keywords: african american, anthology, diversity, latin american, native american, short stories

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Arce, Julissa with Mark Dagostino.
MY (UNDERGROUND) AMERICAN DREAM: My True Story as an Undocumented Immigrant Who Became a Wall Street Executive.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Center Street, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A memoir about the costs - in separation from her family, constant fear and worry - of being an undocumented immigrant - even when one is "successful." "When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents. . . When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game of cat and mouse, tremendous family sacrifice, and fear of exposure. After the Texas Dream Act made a college degree possible, Julissa's top grades and leadership positions landed her an…
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New York: Center Street, (2016) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A memoir about the costs - in separation from her family, constant fear and worry - of being an undocumented immigrant - even when one is "successful." "When she was 11 years old Julissa Arce left Mexico and came to the United States on a tourist visa to be reunited with her parents. . . When her visa expired at the age of 15, she became an undocumented immigrant. Thus began her underground existence, a decades long game of cat and mouse, tremendous family sacrifice, and fear of exposure. After the Texas Dream Act made a college degree possible, Julissa's top grades and leadership positions landed her an internship at Goldman Sachs, which led to a full time position--one of the most coveted jobs on Wall Street. Soon she was a Vice President, a rare Hispanic woman in a sea of suits and ties, yet still guarding her "underground" secret." SIGNED on the title page by Arce. Illustrated with photographs in full color. Resources. 296 pp. ISBN: 978-1455540242.
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Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.)

Book ID: 68534

Keywords: Biography, autobiography, memoirs, first book, latin american

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Calderon, Sara Levi.
THE TWO MUJERES.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1991. First edition - Love story between two Mexican Jewish women, translated by Gina Kaufer. 211 pp plus glossary,. ISBN: 187996001.

Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 12987

Keywords: Gay and Lesbian, latin american, literature in translation, mexico

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Calderon, Sara Levi.
THE TWO MUJERES.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover.

San Francisco: Aunt Lute Books, 1991. First edition - Love story between two Mexican Jewish women, translated by Gina Kaufer. 211 pp plus glossary,. ISBN: 187996001.

Condition: Near fine in illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 13309

Keywords: Gay and Lesbian, latin american, literature in translation, mexico

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Corlett, William Thomas M.D.
THE MEDICINE MAN OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN AND HIS CULTURAL BACKGROUND.

Edition: First edition.

Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, (1935) dj. Hardcover first edition - A medical and sympathetic anthropological study ( as Corlett notes in his preface, this has as much religion as medicine and more theology than pathology) of the role of medicine men in the different cultures of Native Americans, from the Arctic through the Plains and the Southwest, Central America, and South America to Patagonia. The various chapters are devoted to different geographical areas and also to general topics like childbearing and foods and materia medica. Illustrated with many drawings and photos; bibliograhy, index. vii, 369 pp. The colophon is printed on a separate sheet laid in at the back. Also accompanying this copy is a small typed note…
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Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, (1935) dj. Hardcover first edition - A medical and sympathetic anthropological study ( as Corlett notes in his preface, this has as much religion as medicine and more theology than pathology) of the role of medicine men in the different cultures of Native Americans, from the Arctic through the Plains and the Southwest, Central America, and South America to Patagonia. The various chapters are devoted to different geographical areas and also to general topics like childbearing and foods and materia medica. Illustrated with many drawings and photos; bibliograhy, index. vii, 369 pp. The colophon is printed on a separate sheet laid in at the back. Also accompanying this copy is a small typed note which explains the significance of the dust jacket, stating in part "The color is the sacred color of the Inca of Peru and the cut is that of a Medicine Man trephining the skull to let out some supposed cause of the disease" and signed with W.T.C.
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Condition: Very near fine in dark red cloth with gilt lettering on the spine in a very good dustjacket with minor wear, some sunning to the spine of the dj. Rather uncommon, especially in this condition and in a dust jacket.

Book ID: 80853

Keywords: Ethnobotany, latin american, native american

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Cullen, Deborah, editor.
NEXUS NEW YORK: Latin/American Artists in the Modern Metropolis.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

New York & New Haven: Museo del Barrio / Yale University Press, (2009). First edition - Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at El Museo del Barrio, New York, this is "an examination of the pioneering Caribbean and Latin American artists who resided in New York prior to WWII and shaped the American avant-garde. Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context.. . [It] focuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America , both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enrquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaqun Torres-Garcia, Jose Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell.…
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New York & New Haven: Museo del Barrio / Yale University Press, (2009). First edition - Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at El Museo del Barrio, New York, this is "an examination of the pioneering Caribbean and Latin American artists who resided in New York prior to WWII and shaped the American avant-garde. Between 1900 and 1942, New York City was the site of extraordinary creative exchange where artists could share ideas in a global context.. . [It] focuses on key artists from the Caribbean and Latin America , both celebrated and little-known figures of this period, including Carlos Enrquez, Alice Neel, Marius de Zayas, Francis Picabia, Joaqun Torres-Garcia, Jose Clemente Orozco, Matta, and Robert Motherwell. In addition to an introduction by Deborah Cullen, this includes several essays, among them "Art school as contact zone: Latin American artists and their teachers", by Katherine E. Manthorne; "Havana-New York: a missing link in the history of modern Cuban art", by Elvis Fuentes; "Torres-Garcia's New York: the city as icon of modern art", by Cecilia de Torres; "The allure of Harlem: correlations between Mexicanidad and the new Negro movements", by Deborah Cullen; "Seeing red: Mexican revolutionary artists in New York", by James Wechsler and more. A bilingual edition with the text in English and Spanish. Includes 123 color and 29 black and white illustrations. Somewhat oversized sguare format. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0300158960.
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Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers with self-flaps (a new copy).

Book ID: 78134

Keywords: Art and Photography, carribean, cuba, harlem, latin american

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Doherty, Nelita M.
GARINAGUS EXILE.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

Dominican Republic: Segraf Publisher, (1999). First edition - The third and last book in the Garinagu series, tells the story of Tisani, born in the last quarter of the 18th century, the great-granddaughter of Nisani. It follows the struggles of the young tribe to find a safe haven and their flight through the Caribbean. The author comments that "It deals with when the British troops went in to try to get them out of St. Vincent; what they had to do to evade the British soldiers. For a long time they were in hiding, in deplorable conditions, trying to evade the British soldiers until finally they were captured, exiled from St. Vincent. It goes on to deal with the…
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Dominican Republic: Segraf Publisher, (1999). First edition - The third and last book in the Garinagu series, tells the story of Tisani, born in the last quarter of the 18th century, the great-granddaughter of Nisani. It follows the struggles of the young tribe to find a safe haven and their flight through the Caribbean. The author comments that "It deals with when the British troops went in to try to get them out of St. Vincent; what they had to do to evade the British soldiers. For a long time they were in hiding, in deplorable conditions, trying to evade the British soldiers until finally they were captured, exiled from St. Vincent. It goes on to deal with the first island they went to, which was Balicu, being moved again by the British soldiers until eventually they made their way to Honduras, and later branched out to British Honduras" which is now Belize. 237 pp plus 1 pp bibliography. Cover art by the author.
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Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 78370

Keywords: belize, Caribbean literature and history, garifuna, Garinagus, historical fiction, latin american, st vincent, young adult

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Freeman, John, editor.
FREEMAN'S CALIFORNIA.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

New York: Grove Press, (2019). First edition - The best new writing on California. An anthology of essays which capture some of the complexities of California as a proud melting pot, among other things. Among the contributors are Lauren Markham, Robin Coste Lewis, HŽctor Tobar, Jennifer Egan, Oscar Villalon, Rachel Kushner, Xuan Juliana Wang, Elaine Castillo, Frank Bidart, D.A. Powell, Yi-Yun Lee, Juan Felipe Herrera, Tommy Orange, William Vollman and many others. Notes on contributors. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0802147875.

Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.

Book ID: 79483

Keywords: Anthology, asian american, essays, latin american, women authors

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Freeman, John, editor, signed.
FREEMAN'S CALIFORNIA.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

New York: Grove Press, (2019). SIGNED first edition - The best new writing on California. An anthology of essays which capture some of the complexities of California as a proud melting pot, among other things: among the contributors are Lauren Markham, Robin Coste Lewis, HŽctor Tobar, Jennifer Egan, Oscar Villalon, Rachel Kushner, Xuan Juliana Wang, Elaine Castillo, Frank Bidart, D.A. Powell, Tommy Orange and William Vollman. SIGNED by Freeman on the title page. Notes on contributors. 287 pp. ISBN: 978-0802147875.

Condition: Fine in illustrated wrappers with self flaps.

Book ID: 77606

Keywords: Anthology, asian american, essays, latin american, women authors
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Garca, Diana,
WHEN LIVING WAS A LABOR CAMP.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

Tucson: University of Arizona Press, (2000). First edition - The first collection of poems by this writer who was born in a labor camp in the San Joaquin Valley, one which is a "bittersweet look back at the migrant labor camps of California and offers a tribute to the people who toiled there." Includes an introduction by Garcia. A title in the Camino del Sol series. Glossary. 102 pp. ISBN: 0-816520437.

Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 77552

Keywords: california, chicana, first collection, latin american, latinx, migrant workers, Poetry

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Henderson, Bill, editor.
THE PUSHCART PRIZE XIV: Best of the Small Presses, 1989 - 1990.

Edition: First printing.

Wainscott, New York: Pushcart Press, (1989.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "An annual small press reader." Introduction by Tess Gallager. Poetry, essays and short stories by many authors, including Alistair MacLeod, Alberto Rios, Marilyn Hacker, Julian Barnes, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Brenda Hillman, Charles Baxter, Joyce Carol Oates, Mark Doty, Lorna Goodison , Lydia Davis, Barbara Wilson, Brenda Hillman, Louise Gluck, Li-Young Lee and many others. SIGNED by Brenda Hillman at her poem "At a Motel." Index to the series, notes on contributors. 534 pp. ISBN: 0-916366588.

Condition: Very good in very good dust jacket (spotting to lower edge of textblock, short closed tear to front cover of dj)

Book ID: 71720

Keywords: Anthology, latin american, mexican american, poetry, short stories, western fiction
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(Kittredge, William; T. C. Boyle and Alberto Alvarez Rios, signed) Bill Henderson, Bill, editor.
THE PUSHCART PRIZE X: Best of the Small Presses, 1985 - 1986.

Edition: First printing.

Wainscott, New York: Pushcart Press, (1985.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - "An annual small press reader." Tenth anniversary edition with an introduction by George Plimpton. Poetry Editors: Stanley Plumly, William Stafford. SIGNED by THREE contributors: by William Kittredge at "Agriculture; " T. C, Boyle at "The Hector Quesadilla Story" and by Alberto Rios at "The Secret Lion." Poetry, essays and short stories by 53 other authors, including Tim O'Brien, T.C. Boyle, Bukowski, Amy Clampitt, Russell Banks, Doris Lessing and many others. Index to the series, notes on contributors. xxiv, 499 pp. ISBN: 0-916366375.

Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket. Uncommon signed.

Book ID: 39267

Keywords: Anthology, latin american, mexican american, poetry, short stories, western fiction
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Kleven, Elisa, illustrator, signed] Orozco, Jose-Luis.
FIESTAS: A Year of Latin American Songs of Celebration.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Dutton, (2002.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A bilingual collection of songs from Latin America. "Performer and songwriter Jose-Luis Orozco has arranged more than 20 songs and rhymes from Spanish-speaking countries. The songs focus on holidays that specifically honor Latin American culture - Cinco de Mayo, Carnival, Cesar Chavez Day - as well as familiar fiestas celebrated around the world - New Year's Day, Christmas and Valentines Day." Includes the musical notations for each song, Exuberantly illustrated in full color by Eliza Kleven, with full page paintings, small scattered illustrations and decorative borders., SIGNED on the title page by Kleven with a drawing of a small dove, Large format. Subject index. 48 pp. ISBN: 0-525-459375.

Condition: Fine in a fine dust jacket (as new.)

Book ID: 51657

Keywords: argentina, bilingual, Children's and Illustrated, latin american, mexico, music

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Medina, Tony and Louis Reyes Rivera, editors. Foreword by Dr. Sonia Sanchez
BUM RUSH, THE PAGE: A Def Poetry Jam.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.

New York: Three Rivers Press/ Random House, (2001). First edition - A significant collection by poets of all ages and ethnicities - "These poems are tough, honest, astute, perceptive, lyrical, blunt, sad, funny, heartbreaking, and true. They shout, they curse, they whisper, and sing. But most of all, they tell it like it is. (Tony Medina, Introduction) Foreword by Dr. Sonia Sanchez. Among the contributors are Jayne Cortez, Amina Baraka, devorah major, Cornelius Eady, David Henderson, Eugene Redmond, Jeffrey Bernard Allen, and many more. Notes on contributors. xxxiii, 284 pp. ISBN: 0-609808400.

Condition: Near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers (corners slightly bumped)

Book ID: 69326

Keywords: african american, Anthology, latin american, poetry

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[Mendoza, Lydia] Broyles-Gonzalez, Yolanda.
LYDIA MENDOZA'S LIFE IN MUSIC / LA HISTORIA DE LYDIA MENDOZA: Norteno Tejano Legacies.

Edition: First printing.

Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dust jacket : "Lydia Mendoza began her legendary musical career as a child in the 1920s, singing for pennies and nickels on the streets of downtown San Antonio. She lived most of her adult life in Houston, Texas, where she was born. The life story of this Chicana icon encompasses a 60-year singing career that began with the dawn of the recording industry in the 1920s and continued well into the 1980s, ceasing only after she suffered a devastating stroke . . . This bilingual edition presents Lydia Mendoza's historia in an interview between the artist and Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez: first is the English translation,…
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Oxford & New York: Oxford University Press, 2001. dj. Hardcover first edition - From the dust jacket : "Lydia Mendoza began her legendary musical career as a child in the 1920s, singing for pennies and nickels on the streets of downtown San Antonio. She lived most of her adult life in Houston, Texas, where she was born. The life story of this Chicana icon encompasses a 60-year singing career that began with the dawn of the recording industry in the 1920s and continued well into the 1980s, ceasing only after she suffered a devastating stroke . . . This bilingual edition presents Lydia Mendoza's historia in an interview between the artist and Yolanda Broyles-Gonzalez: first is the English translation, then the Spanish original, as told by Mendoza herself. Broyles-Gonzalez concludes the volume with an extended essay on the significance of Mendoza's career and her place in Tejana music and Chicana studies. . . She sang the songs of the people across generations in the old tradition; all are indigenous to the Americas, and many of them to Texas. It is the music that emerged from the experiences of native peoples (on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border) within the colonial context of the nineteenth century." Photographs, chronology, notes, index. 235 pp. CD included. En espanol y ingles. ISBN: 0-195127064.
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Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 37534

Keywords: bilingual, biography, borderlands, chicana, espanol, latin american, Music and Musicians, texas, traditional music, women

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Murray, Yxta Maya.
LOCAS.

Edition: First printing.

New York: Grove Press, (1997.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The author's first novel, the story of two young gang girls set in the rough LA Echo Park neighborhood, a world exploding with drugs and violence. Boldly INSCRIBED on the title page "Dear ---- Thank you for attending our panel on magic!" and dated in 2008. 246 pp. ISBN: 0-8021-16051.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 56878

Keywords: chicano, First book or first novel, first novel, gangs, latin american, los angeles

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Ramos, Manuel.
THE BALLAD OF GATO GUERRERO.

Edition: First printing.

New York: St Martin's, (1994.) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Second mystery featuring Denver attorney, Luis Montez (the first book in the series was an Edgar award nominee for best first mystery.) SIGNED on the title page. 183 pp. ISBN: 0-312-109350.

Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.

Book ID: 53473

Keywords: california, chicano, colorado setting, latin american, Mystery, Suspense and Detective Fiction
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Reichel-Dolmatoff, Gerardo.
BASKETRY AS METAPHOR: Arts and Crafts of the Desana Indians of the Northwest Amazon (Occasional Papers of the Museum of Cultural History, Number 5).

Edition: First printing in wrappers.

Los Angeles: University of California Los Angeles, Museum of Cultural History, (1985.). First edition - The first extensive study of the basketry of the Tukanoans of the Columbian northwest Amazon region, a study undertaken in the 1960's when the impact of outside civilization had not yet been so damaging to the traditional culture. This focuses not on the utilitarian aspects of baskets, but on the connections with their myths, religion, and historical traditions. A lovely book, illustrated with a frontispiece, a map and 22 other figures showing design elements and 76 black and white photographs, showing the process of creating the baskets and details of the baskets themselves. Notes. Bibliography. Large format measuring 11 inches tall by 8.5 inches. 96 pp. ISBN: 0-930741-03X.

Condition: Fine in stiff illustrated beige and terra cotta covers. (a new copy.)

Book ID: 47165

Keywords: columbia, culture, ethnography, latin american, Native American Lit and History

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(Rios, Alberto Alvaros, signed; Steven Millhauser, Mary Grimm, Elizabeth McCracken and others, contributors) Rosenthal, Lois, editor.
STORY [Magazine] Summer 1991.

Edition: First appearance in print of these works.

Cincinnati: F & W Publications, 1991. SIGNED first edition - SIGNED by Rios at his story "Saturnino el Magnifico." In addition to the authors listed above this issue includes works by Charlotte Holmes, Edward Allen, David Shields, Joan Wickersham and more. Notes on contributors. Advertisements. 128 pp. We specialize in literary journals, and have many others - including many not yet catalogued and listed on line. ISBN: 1045-0831.

Condition: Very near fine in stiff white illustrated wrappers.

Book ID: 39265

Keywords: border, latin american, Literary Journals, magazine, mexico

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San Souci, Robert D., Jan Thompson Dicks, illustrator.
THE LITTLE SEVEN-COLORED HORSE: A Spanish American Folktale.

Edition: First printing

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1995) dj. Hardcover first edition - "With perservance and the help of a magical horse, Juanito, the youngest son of a farmer, wins the hand of the mayor's beautiful daughter." Colorful watercolor illustrations by Jan Thompson Dicks throughout the book, English / Spanish glossary, notes on sources and settings. Oblong format. 32 pp. ISBN: 0-8118-0412.

Condition: Very near fine in near fine dust jacket (one page has light orange marking in margin.)

Book ID: 59455

Keywords: Children's and Illustrated, Latin American, Watercolor illustrations

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Soto, Gary.
A NATURAL MAN.

Edition: First printing, a trade paperback, not issued in hardcover.

San Francisco: Chronicle Books, (1999). SIGNED first edition - Collection of poetry by this award winning Chicano writer, mostly set in California's central valley. A National Book Award finalist, in this book, he "tackles the shabby reality of the world around him and turns it into vivid poetry. Drawing on the Chicano slang of the barrio, Soto gives authentic voice to portraits of life set mostly in California's San Joaquin Valley, where he was born and raised." SIGNED on the title page. 71 pp. Cover illustration by Jose Ortega. ISBN: 0-08118-25183.

Condition: Very good in illustrated wrappers (name blacked out inside front cover).

Book ID: 61916

Keywords: california, chicano, latin american, Poetry
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