How to be a Chicana role model / Michele Serros.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Serros, Michele M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Mexican Americans--Fiction.
• Mexican Americans.
• Los Angeles (Calif.)--Fiction.

Genre:

• Fiction.
• Humorous fiction.
• Autobiographical fiction.

Physical Description:

xiii, 222 pages ; 21 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Riverhead Books, 2000.

Summary:

• She's recited poetry by the outhouses at Lollapalooza ... cleaned up after the Flygirls on the set of In Living Color ... seduced a love-struck fan with a plagiarized poem ... studied Spanish with a clique of catty coeds in Mexico ... traveled to inner-city schools to introduce reluctant readers to the wonder of words...
• This is the world that award-winning poet Michele Serros explores in this vibrant, witty, and touching collection of fiction. In this ruthlessly honest and fiercely funny tale of a Chicana writer searching for her place in a world where honorariums are hard to come by, Serros proves that a writer's voice always rings true.

Contents:

• Special Assembly 1
• Role Model Rule Number 1 Never Give Up an Opportunity to Eat for Free 5
• Senior Picture Day 13
• Role Model Rule Number 2 Seek Support from Sistas 21
• First Call 33
• Role Model Rule Number 3 Remember, Commerce Begins at Home 35
• Passport to Cross Overland 41
• Second Call 47
• Role Model Rule Number 4 Discard Discontinued Text 49
• The Big Deal 59
• Role Model Rule Number 5 Respect the 1 Percent 69
• Third Call 73
• Role Model Rule Number 6 Live Better, Work Union 75
• Tenth Call 85
• Breaking the Major Rule 87
• Role Model Rule Number 7 Buy American 93
• Let's Go Mexico! 101
• Role Model Rule Number 8 Reclaim Your Rights As a Citizen of Here, Here 123
• I Know What You Did Last Summer 129
• Role Model Rule Number 9 Any Press Is Good Press 139
• Counter Act 147
• Twelfth Call 159
• Role Model Rule Number 10 Distinguish the Difference Between a Great Contact and a Good Connection 161
• Twentieth-Something Call 169
• Fourth Thursday in April 171
• Role Model Rule Number 11 Honor Thy Late-Night Phone Calls from Abuelita 175
• Good Parking 189
• Role Model Rule Number 12 Mind Your Table Manners 195
• The Plaintiff, the Poet 205
• Role Model Rule Number 13 Answer All Fan Mail 207
• Special Assembly, Part 2 211.

ISBN:

1573228249

OCLC:

43599654