Out of the Fringe1 review Theatre Communications Group, 1999 great new plays "Out of the Fringe" provides an electric and eclectic new world of plays by latinas/latinos. Thanks to this handsome new anthology, latino/latina theater is shown to alive and thriving in the U.S., whether in the hands of gay activist chicano humorist Luis Alfaro or lyrical cuban-american Nilo ...             Rain God6 reviews Arturo Islas Harper Perennial, 1991 The Great American Novel + Outcasts struggling to live with dignity + Complexity of an El Pasoan explained + Beautiful, Poetic, Intense             Eminent Maricones: Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me (Living Out, Gay and Lesbian Autobiographies)7 reviews Jaime Manrique University of Wisconsin Press, 1999 Notes towards a pan-Hispanic gay consciousness + Beautifully written and inspiring! + Inspiring and well-written + A deceptively simple, tender set of diary excerpts + An Insightful Peek at the Masters via Masterly Prose             Vatos9 reviews Luis Alberto Urrea Cinco Puntos Press, 2000 Ethnic pride + Transhistorical Portraits of Chicano Men/Masculinity + Interesting Blend of Media + A unique visual and cognitive experience + Get this book!             City of God1 review Gil Cuadros City Lights Publishers, 1994 Youthful, gorgeous, sad A beautiful first effort from Cuadros, who died shortly before the book was published. Poems and short stories. He writes with anger and nostalgia about growing up in California, learning who his friends were, discovering himself as a gay man, wrestling with AIDS, and keeping people close. A tough ...             La frontera / Borderlands14 reviews Gloria Anzalda Aunt Lute Books, 1999 Classic + One of the best books about chicano identity Not much can be said to some of the postings I see here--to those that suggest the third tier prose, those that call this work "racist," those that implore statements like "I hated it." These are the same people that vote for their own oppression, these are the very people that fancy their success ...             The Burning Plain17 reviews Michael Nava Putnam Adult, 1998 The proverbial "page-turner" + Not an expert + Beautifully written + great             Gulf Dreams2 reviews Emma Perez Third Woman Press, 1996 Haunting story of desire and loss in the Texas Gulf + A haunting novel of desire and memory Emma Perez's first novel Gulf Dreams is a challenging look at women, race and desire in a small Texas town. While the racism is blatant, the lives of Chicanas and Chicanos are also structured by sexism, heterosexism and sexual abuse. Perez traces the life of one woman, a girl who falls in love ...             So Far from God37 reviews Ana Castillo Plume, 1994 The Poetry of Life and the World Beyond..... + Untroubled + Delightful "Magical Realism" Novel Ana Castillo truly takes us for an unforgettable trip as we take a glimpse into the lives of Sofi, a Chicana woman, and her four daughters, Esperanza (Hope), Caridad (Charity), Fe (Faith), and La Loca (The Crazy One). The story reads like an epic parable about life, death, sexuality and the bridge ...             Forged under the Sun/Forjada bajo el sol: The Life of Maria Elena Lucas (Women and Culture Series)1 review University of Michigan Press, 1993 A MUST READ BOOK!!! This book brought tears to my eyes and its worth reading especially if you or your family are immigrants. It will shed some light to what some immigrants had to go through when they came to the United States looking for a better place to live and raise their children.             Acts of Intervention: Performance, Gay Culture, And AIDS (Unnatural Acts)3 reviews David Roman Indiana University Press, 1998 Catch This Act! + Responsible Criticism This is a moving and important study of AIDS and theater. I felt connected to a whole history of cultural and creative work, much of which I never knew existed before i read this book. The book includes some really great images of early AIDS activism. Even though it deals with the history of ...             Woman Hollering Creek: And Other Stories26 reviews Sandra Cisneros Vintage, 1992 My Friend Lucy Who Smells Like Corn + Will stay with you forever + Joyful Noise + 4.5 Stars + True Writing             This Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color3 reviews Cherrie Moraga, Gloria Anzaldua Kitchen Table--Women of Color Press, 1984 Very important collection + A classic, ground-breaking feminist of color anthology! + Should be On Every Feminist Bookshelf, in Every Library. Oh my goodness!! This is an incredible ground-breaking book of awareness and consciousness. It was a must-read for anyone coming of age in the 1980's and it is still relevant today. I came on line to purchase it for a friend who had never seen it, and I am in shock that it is out of print, or even ...             Zoot Suit and Other Plays3 reviews Luis Valdez Arte Publico Press, 1992 Let these plays inspire you to study Chicano history. + Zoot Suit Riot + Phenomenal Reproduced are three plays by influential Chicano director/playwright Luis Valdez. They are "Zoot Suit," "Bandido!" and "I Don't Have to Show You No Stinking Badges!" Included is a 14-pg. introduction to Valdez's creative history by Univ. of Calif. theater scholar Jorge Huerta. I first met ...             From the Other Side of Night/Del otro lado de la noche: New and Selected Poems (Camino Del Sol)1 review Francisco X. Alarcón University of Arizona Press, 2002 A must have! I totally feel engaged by Alarcon's poems. I thank him for including poems about social issues and for including some many poems in nahuatl, a language I love although I do not speak it. All the poems are bilingual and were translated into English by the author. This is a beautiful book ...             Virgins, Guerrillas, and Locas: Gay Latinos Writing about Love5 reviews Cleis Press, 1999 A Very Necessary Collection of Perspectives + Lyric, devastating + Erasmo Guerra is dreamy If I had come across this collection of fiction ten years ago, my teenage years would have been much, much less painful than they were. As a young gay Latino from a homophobic culture and in a racist environment, I needed to know that the voices of brown jotos were important enough to be ...             Before Night Falls: A Memoir42 reviews Reinaldo Arenas Penguin (Non-Classics), 1994 Cuba Libre! + Beutiful, Glorious + A life of rebellion at the intersection of sex and literature + it aint pretty + real people with dirt on their feet             Drink Cultura: Chicanismo8 reviews Jos Antonio Burciaga Joshua Odell Editions, 1993 One of my FAVORITE books! + Drink Cultura + You think you know Chicanismo??!?! + Awaken memories             Besame Mucho: New Gay Latino Fiction5 reviews Painted Leaf Press, 1999 An enticing Dance Card! + Bueno Gay latino FIction + BESAME MUCHO (como si fuera la ultima vez!) + A Wonderful, Though Brief, Read             Living Chicana Theory1 review Carla Trujillo LPC, 1997 Outstanding,Uniquely informative, extremely powerful A must read for anyone interested in Chicana/o studies and especially for anyone interested in higher education. Very thorough and creative ways of depicting theory incorporating poetry, stand up comedian acts, high theory, psychological constructions and spirituality. Trujillo and Third Woman ...