A Mixteca Indian from Oaxaca, America Soliz, suffers from the poverty and hopelessness of her Chicago ghetto, made more endurable by a desire and determination to be a poet.
In a story of three generations of an American family who built their lives around a decaying, late-twentieth-century steel industry, thirty-year-old Azucena Salcido struggles with the cancer death of her father, the racial polarization of their community, and the corrupt power struggles among her n
"This poetry is of the barrio yet stubbornly refuses to be confined in it-RodrA-guez's perceptive gaze and storyteller's gift transport his world across neighborhood boundaries."-"Publishers Weekly" on "Trochemoche" "While filled with the heart and words of Chicano culture, RodrA-guez's poems transcend the scope of race and ethnicity. The topics ...
In the tradition of "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" and "Manchild in the Promised Land" comes an explosive memoir of hopelessness and resurrection that vividly portrays the brutality of barrio gang life. A timely exploration into the roots of Latino rage.
Reluctantly a young boy becomes more and more involved in the activities of a local gang, until a tragic event involving his cousin forces him to make a choice about the course of his life.
Told in both English and Spanish, this compelling tale features a young boy's encounter with the world of gangs, and how the love and respect of his uncle help him find a way out. Full color.
Vivid cameos, pungent slices of street life, and cutting insights into the barrio and the underbelly of Los Angeles's Eastside are just a few of the treasures in this remarkable collection: tender stories ringing with a truth fresh enough to challenge the imagination and satisfy the soul.
TROCHEMOCHE means helter-skelter in Spanish, and this book expresses the turmoil of the barrio and the various themes that drive Luis J. Rodriquez's poetry. Drawing on more than ten years of poems, Rodriguez writes powerfully and passionately about urban youth, family, and the plight of neglected communities, while exploring the rich cultural ...
Mientras el boom cultural e industrial de la Segunda Guerra Mundial dio a luz una nueva California, surgio a su vez una poderosa industria de acero, y con ella vino el potencial de cumplir los suenos modestos de los trabajadores dispuestos a arriesgar sus vidas en el calor feroz de la aceria. Para los Salcidos, la aceria de Nazareth se ...
Told in English and Spanish, this picture book tells the true story of the April 2000 strike by Los Angeles janitors. Color illustrations accompany the text.
This is the compelling story of Barrios Unidos, the Santa Cruz-based organization founded to prevent gang violence amongst inner-city ethnic youth. An evolving grass-roots organization that grew out of the Mexican-American civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s and 1970s, Barrios Unidos harnessed the power of culture and spirituality to ...
A Mixteca Indian from Oaxaca, America Soliz, suffers from the poverty and hopelessness of her Chicago ghetto, made more endurable by a desire and determination to be a poet.
Chinea examines the social, economic, and political impact of foreign immigrants in Puerto Rico during its transition from subsistence farming and ranching in the late 18th century to commercial agriculture during the first half of the 19th century. He provides an island-wide assessment of how the capital, labor, and specialized skills of European ...
Since 1989, Tia Chucha Press has been a leader in publishing artistically innovative and culturally provocative voices in poetry. The roster of poets the Press has brought to publication reflects a deep commitment to diversity and features established artists, such as Elizabeth Alexander, Virgil Suarez, and Diane Glancy, as well as first books by ...
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