San Antonio Public Library
Latino Collection

Selected Recent Acquisitions
Fall 1998

This is a partial listing of books recently added to the Latino Collection, located on the sixth floor of the Central Library.

Non-Fiction | Fiction | Juvenile

Non-Fiction

Alire, Camila A. Serving Latino communities : A how-to-do-it manual for librarians. New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, 1998.
LATINO 027.63 Alire

Arteaga, Alfred. House with the blue bed. San Francisco : Mercury House, 1997.
LATINO 811.54 Arteaga

Blue Mesa Review No. 9: Cruzando fronteras: Literature from the borderlands. Edited by E.A. Mares and Enrique La Madrid. Albuquerque, NM : Creative Writing Center, Dept. of English, University of New Mexico, 1989-.
LATINO 810 Blue

Carteles de la época de oro del cine mexicano = Poster art from the golden age of Mexican cinema. Edited by Rogelio Agrasánchez, Jr. Harlingen, Texas : Archivo Fílmico Agrasánchez, 1997.
LATINO 741.674 Carteles

Castro, Adrian. Cantos to blood & honey : Poems. Minneapolis : Coffee House Press, 1997.
LATINO 811 Castro

Chicana feminist thought : the basic historical writings. Edited by Alma M. García. New York : Routledge, 1997.
LATINO 305.48868 Chicana

Cintrón, Ralph. Angels' town : Chero ways, gang life, and rhetorics of the everyday. Boston : Beacon Press, 1997.
LATINO 973.31104 Cintron

Comadres : Hispanic women of the Río Puerco Valley. Collected and edited by Nasario García. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1997.
LATINO 979.137 Garcia

Common border, uncommon paths : race, culture, and national identity in U.S.-Mexican relations. Edited by Jaime E. Rodríguez O. and Kathryn Vincent. Wilmington, Del. : Scholarly Resources, 1997.
LATINO 303.48273 Common

Culture across borders : Mexican immigration & popular culture. Edited by David R. Maciel and María Herrera-Sobek. Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1998.
LATINO 305.86872 Culture

Diaz, Rafael M. Latino gay men and HIV : Culture, sexuality, and risk behavior. New York : Routledge, 1998.
LATINO 362.19697 Diaz

Díaz-Stevens, Ana María. Recognizing the Latino resurgence in U.S. religion. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1998.
LATINO 277.30829 Díaz-Stevens

Donato, Rubén. The other struggle for equal schools : Mexican Americans during the Civil Rights era. Albany, NY : State University of New York Press, 1997.
LATINO 371.829 Donato

Espin, Oliva M. Latina realities : Essays on healing, migration, and sexuality. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997.
LATINO 362.20896 Espin

Floricanto sí! : A collection of Latina poetry. Edited by Bryce Milligan, Mary Guerrero Milligan, Angela De Hoyos. New York : Penguin Books, 1998.
LATINO 811.54 Floricanto

Folk wisdom of Mexico = Proverbios y dichos mexicanos. Compiled by Jeff M. Sellers. San Francisco : Chronicle Books, 1994.
LATINO 398.96109 Folk

García, Gustavo. Época de oro del cine mexicano. México, D.F.: Clío, 1997.
LATINO 791.43097 García

García, Gustavo. Nuevo cine mexicano. México, D.F.: Clío, 1997.
LATINO 791.43097 García

Gish, Robert. Beyond bounds : Cross-cultural essays on Anglo, American Indian, and Chicano literature. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1996.
LATINO 810.9979 Gish

González, María, C. Contemporary Mexican-American women novelists : Toward a feminist identity. New York : P. Lang, 1996.
LATINO 813.54099 González

Greenleigh, John. The days of the dead: Mexico’s festival of communion with the departed. Rohnert Park, CA: Pomegranate, 1998.
LATINO 394.266 Greenleigh

Harwell, Thomas Meade. Studies in Texan folklore--Rio Grande Valley. Lore 1 : Twelve folklore studies with introductions, commentaries & a bounty of notes. Lewiston : E. Mellen Press, 1997.
LATINO 398.09764 Harwell

Hispanic American literature : An anthology. Compiled by Rodolfo Cortina. Lincolnwood, Ill. : NTC, 1998.
LATINO 810.80868 Hispanic

Klein, Alan M. Baseball on the border : A tale of two Laredos. Princeton : Princeton University Press, 1997.
LATINO 796.357 Klein

Kopinak, Kathryn. Desert capitalism : Maquiladoras in North America's western industrial corridor . Tucson : University of Arizona Press, 1996.
LATINO 338.47 Kopinak

The Latino studies reader : Culture, economy, and society. Edited by Antonia Darder and Rodolfo D. Torres. Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Publishers, 1998.
LATINO 305.86807 Latino

Latinos in the United States : History, law and perspective. Series edited by, Antoinette Sedillo López. New York : Garland, 1995.
LATINO 305.86807 Latinos

Lemberger, Nancy. Bilingual education : Teachers' narratives. Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 1997.
LATINO 370.1175 Lemberger

Literatura chicana, 1965-1995 : An anthology in Spanish, English, and Caló. Edited by Manuel de Jesús Hernández-Gutiérrez and David William Foster. New York : Garland, 1997.
LATINO 810.80868 Literatura

Living Chicana theory. Edited by Carla Trujillo. Berkeley, Calif. : Third Woman Press, 1998.
LATINO 305.48868 Living

Luis, William. Dance between two cultures : Latino Caribbean literature written in the United States. Nashville : Vanderbilt University Press, 1997.
LATINO 810.9 Luis

Mora, Pat. Aunt Carmen's book of practical saints. Boston : Beacon Press, 1997.
LATINO 811.54 Mora

Morales, Dionicio. Dionicio Morales : A life in two cultures. Houston, Tex. : Piñata Books, 1997.
LATINO 973.04687 Morales Biography

Moseley, Edward H. and Paul C. Clark, Jr. Historical dictionary of the United States-Mexican War. Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1997.
LATINO 973.6203 Mosley

Myths, misdeeds, and misunderstandings : The roots of conflict in U.S.-Mexican relations. Edited by Jaime E. Rodríguez O. and Kathryn Vincent. Wilmington, Del. : SR Books, 1997.
LATINO 327.73072 Myths

Regalado, Samuel O. Viva baseball! : Latin major leaguers and their special hunger. Urbana : University of Illinois Press, 1998.
LATINO 796.35764 Regalado

Reyes, David and Tom Waldman. Land of a thousand dances : Chicano rock 'n' roll from Southern California. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, c1998.
LATINO 781.66089 Reyes

Rodriguez, Joseph. East Side stories : Gang life in East L.A. New York : PowerHouse Books, c1998.
LATINO 364.1066 Rodriguez

Ruiz, Mona. Two badges : The lives of Mona Ruiz. Houston, Tex : Arte Público Press, 1997.
LATINO 363.2092 Ruiz Biography

Salcedo, Michele. Quinceañera! : The essential guide to planning the perfect sweet fifteen celebration. New York : Henry Holt, 1997.
LATINO 395.24 Salcedo

Salas, Floyd. Color of my living heart : Poems. Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, c1996.
LATINO 811.54 Salas

Serros, Michele M. Chicana falsa, and other stories of death, identity, and Oxnard. New York : Riverhead Books, 1998.
LATINO 818.54 Serros

Shindler, Merrill. El Cholo cookbook : Recipes and memories from California's best-loved Mexican kitchen. Santa Monica : Angel City Press, 1998.
LATINO 641.5972 Shindler

Suro, Roberto. Strangers among us : How Latino immigration is transforming America. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1998.
LATINO 305.86807 Suro

Taylor, Sheila Ortíz. Imaginary parents. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1996.
LATINO 813.54 Taylor

Torres, Olga Beatriz. Memorias de mi viaje = Recollections of my trip. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1994.
LATINO 917.64046 Torres

Trenchard, Kathleen. Mexican papercutting : Simple techniques for creating colorful cut-paper projects. Asheville, NC : Lark Books, 1998.
LATINO 736.98 Trenchard

Turok, Antonio. Chiapas : El fin del silencio = Chiapas : The end of silence. New York : Aperature, 1998.
LATINO 972.75 Turok

Urrea, Luis Alberto. Ghost sickness. El Paso, Tex. : Cinco Puntos Press, 1997.
LATINO 811.54 Urrea

Vásquez, Robert. At the rainbow: Poems. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1995
LATINO 811.54 Vasquez

Vigil, Angel. Una linda raza : Cultural and artistic traditions of the Hispanic Southwest. Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., c1998.
LATINO 305.86807 Vigil

Yampolsky, Mariana. The edge of time : Photographs of Mexico. Austin. Tex. : University of Texas Press, 1998.
LATINO 779.9972 Yampolsky

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Fiction

Alcalá, Kathleen. The flower in the skull : A novel. San Francisco, Calif. : Chronicle Books, 1998.
LATINO Fiction Alcalá

Mendoza, Ruben. Lotería and other stories. New York : St. Martin's Press, 1998.
LATINO Fiction Mendoza

Reveles, Daniel. Salsa and chips. New York : One World, 1997.
LATINO Fiction Reveles

Salas, Floyd. State of emergency. Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, 1996.
LATINO Fiction Salas

Stavans, Ilan. The one-handed pianist and other stories. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1996.
LATINO Fiction Stavans

Taylor, Sheila Ortíz. Coachella : A novel. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 1998.
LATINO Fiction Taylor

Viramontes, Helena María. The moths and other stories. Houston, Tex. : Arte Público Press, 1995.
LATINO Fiction Viramontes

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Juvenile

Ada, Alma Flor. The lizard and the sun = Lagartija y el sol: a folktale in English and Spanish. New York : Doubleday Book for Young Readers, c1997.
LATINO Juvenile Easy Ada

Lachtman, Ofelia D. Leticia's secret. Houston, Tex : Piñata Books, 1997.
LATINO Juvenile Fiction Lachtman

Lankford, Mary D. Quinceanera : A Latina's journey to womanhood. Brookfield, Conn. : Millbrook Press, 1994.
LATINO Juvenile 395.24 Lankford

Madrigal, Antonio Hernandez. The eagle and the rainbow : timeless tales from Mexico. Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Kids, 1997.
LATINO Juvenile 398.2 Madrigal

Olawsky, Lynn Ainsworth. Colors of Mexico. Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, 1997.
LATINO Juvenile 972 Olawsky

Rodriguez, Luis J. América is her name. Willimantic, CT : Curbstone Press, 1997.
LATINO Juvenile Easy Rodriguez

Sanromán, Susana. Señora Regañona. Vancouver : Douglas & McIntyre, 1998.
LATINO Juvenile Easy Sanromán

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