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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mermann-Jozwiak, Elisabeth.

Contributor:

Sullivan, Nancy, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mexican American authors--Interviews.

Mexican American authors.

Authors, American--20th century--Interviews.

Authors, American.

American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism.

American literature.

Mexican American authors--Political and social views.

American literature--Mexican-American Border Region--History and criticism.

Mexican Americans--Intellectual life.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans in literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.

Summary:

Interviews with nine Mexican American authors conducted primarily in 2007.

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 Saenz

Muy payasa: conversation with Sandra Cisneros

You carry the border with you: conversation with Helena Maria Viramontes

My grandmother makes the best tortillas and other stereotypes: conversation with Dagoberto Gilb

Testimonio, reconnection, and forgiveness: conversation with Norma ElIa Cantu

Ay, el ingles tan bonito!: conversation with Denise Chavez.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48477-X

9786612484773

1-60473-472-8

OCLC:

630116298