Conversations with Mexican American writers languages and literatures in the borderlands / [electronic resource] :
Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, Nancy Sullivan.
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2009.
- xxv, 161 p. : ill.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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 Sáenz -- Muy payasa: conversation with Sandra Cisneros -- You carry the border with you: conversation with Helena María Viramontes -- My grandmother makes the best tortillas and other stereotypes: conversation with Dagoberto Gilb -- Testimonio, reconnection, and forgiveness: conversation with Norma ElÍa Cantú -- Ay, el inglés tan bonito!: conversation with Denise Chávez.
Interviews with nine Mexican American authors conducted primarily in 2007.
Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
Mexican American authors--Interviews. Authors, American--20th century--Interviews. American literature--Mexican American authors--History and criticism. Mexican American authors--Political and social views. American literature--History and criticism.--Mexican-American Border Region Mexican Americans--Intellectual life. Mexican Americans in literature.