Currents Dancing River Contemporary Latino by Gonzalez Ray Editor (10 results)

softcover. Condition: Fine copy. 1st. 8vo, 573 pp.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.

Paperback. xiv, 571p., very good first printing, first edition trade paperback original in pictorial wraps. Paperback original, with selections from most major Latino authors. A Harvest Original.

Paperback. Condition: Near Fine. Clean and tight. no creases to the spine. Appears unread. Very little shelfwear. Embossed previous owner's stamp on the title page. First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Anthology.

Softcover. Condition: Good. Edition Unstated. Used good condition, all pages clean Quantity Available: 1. Category: Poetry; ISBN: 0156001306. ISBN/EAN: 9780156001304. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: ABE291685696.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. The most comprehensive and ambitious anthology of Latino writings published to date. SIGNED by Luis Alberto Urea at "Father's Day," Includes 135 contributions primarily by Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican Americans. Includes work by Francisco Alarcon, Rudolfo Anaya, Cristina Garcia, Richard Rodriguez, Helena Maria Viramontes, , Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Helen Ponce, Martin Espada, Pat Mora, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Luis Alberto Urrea, David Ungar, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Lucha Corpi, Benjamin Alire Saenz, and many others. Includes note on the contributors. 571 pp. Very good in stiff wrappers (light toning to the pages.).

Hard Cover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 573pp. Large hardback with DJ, VG, EX-LIB, minimal markings, Collection of contemporary Latino fiction, nonfiction, and poetry,

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. First Edition. FIRST PRINTING. A veritable who's who of outstanding, premiere Latino literature "There is no one culture that can be described as "Latino." Yet the variegated presence of Spanish-speaking peoples in the United States-of immigrants and native born, of Native American, African, and European ancestry, of all skin colors, social classes, and religious and political affiliations, calling any number of places "home"-has contributed enormously to what we now know as American culture. Whereas other anthologies have focused either on a narrow grouping according to national origin or on a single literary form, 'Currents from the Dancing River'-bringing together 135 works whose main commonality is that of quality-is the first collection of such breadth and comprehensiveness. Its variety of style and content gives the most realistic possible portrait of what "Latino" might mean." 573 pages. Mysterious 2 3/4" closed tear to last page of text, elsewise a fine copy ( which appears to be as new, unread). LF.

Condition: VERY GOOD. First printing, a trade paperback, issued simultaneously with hardcover. The most comprehensive and ambitious anthology of Latino writings published to date. SIGNED by FIVE contributors: Juan Felipe Herrera on the half title page; . Luis J. Rodriguez at his poem "The Quiet Woman; " Luis Alberto Urea at "Father's Day," Lucha Corpi at her poem 'Fugue" and Alberto Rivera Rios at his long poem "How the Mouth Works." Includes 135 contributions primarily by Cuban, Puerto Rican and Mexican Americans. Includes work by Francisco Alarcon, Rudolfo Anaya, Cristina Garcia, Richard Rodriguez, Helena Maria Viramontes, , Gloria Anzaldua, Mary Helen Ponce, Martin Espada, Pat Mora, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Louis Alberto Urrea, David Ungar, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Lucha Corpi, Benjamin Alire Saenz, and many others. Includes note on the contributors. 571 pp. Very good in stiff wrappers (one page dog-earred, light toning to the pages.).

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. xiv, 573 pages ; 25 cm ; OCLC 29844928 ; ISBN 9780151236541, 9780156001304, 0151236542, 0156001304 ; LCCN 94004327 ; LC PS508.H57 C87 1994 ; Dewey 810.8/0868 ; color pictorial stiff paper wrappers ; Collection of 135 works exploring the impact of Latino culture on American society ; There is no one culture that can be described as Latino. Yet the variegated presence of Spanish-speaking peoples in the United States - of immigrants and native born, of Native American, African, and European ancestry, of all skin colors, social classes, and religious and political affiliations, calling any number of places home - has contributed enormously to what we now know as American culture. Whereas other anthologies have focused either on a narrow grouping according to national origin or on a single literary form, Currents from the Dancing River - bringing together 135 works whose main commonality is that of quality - is the first collection of such breadth and comprehensiveness. Its variety of style and content gives the most realistic possible portrait of what Latino might mean. ; Contents Enrique Fernandez -- Salsa x 2 -- Arturo Islas -- Chiles -- Aurora Levins Morales -- Puertoricanness -- Immigrants -- Kitchens -- 1930 -- Luis Omar Salinas -- Let's Begin the Day -- Prayer to the Child of Prague -- Courtship of Darkness -- Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. -- The Lotto -- Silvia Curbelo -- Bringing Her Back -- Lunes de Revolucion -- Floating -- Rosemary Catacalos -- Paying Respects -- Taking the Air -- Ariadne Seven Years Later -- Judith Ortiz Cofer -- The Black Virgin -- The Witch's Husband -- Julio Marzan -- What We Don't Know About the Climb to Heaven -- Richard Garcia -- La Calle del Nino Perdido -- Doing the Tarantella with Lola Montez -- Open Letter to My Friends -- Rafael Campo -- A Case of Mistaken Identities: The Human Body -- Luis Alberto Urrea -- Father's Day -- Miguel Pinero -- On the Day They Buried My Mother . . . -- This Is Not the Place Where I Was Born -- Gloria Anzaldua -- Ghost Trap -- Puddles -- Juan Felipe Herrera -- The Cassettes -- Notes on Other Chicana & Chicano Inventions -- Rodney King, the Black Christ of Los Angeles and All of Our White Sins - May 1, 1992 -- Zoot Suit on a Bed of Spanish Rice -- Milagros & Angels -- Mariachi Drag Star -- Kleya Forte-Escamilla -- Adonde Vive Dios? -- Helena Maria Viramontes -- Tears on My Pillow -- Alberto Rios -- Nicanor, Saturday -- How the Mouth Works -- The Vietnam Wall -- Rosa Maria Arenas -- Mother of Shrines -- Mother of the Long Good-bye -- Mother of the Historical Tree -- Jack Agueros -- Psalm for Your Image -- Sonnet for Mars -- Sonnet for Angelo Monterosa -- Dagoberto Gilb -- Look on the Bright Side -- Marisella Vejga -- The Graduation -- Victor Martinez -- Gravity -- The Seed Must Kill -- A Letter from My Mother -- Leo Romero -- Miguelito, Miguelito -- Backward Facing Man -- Aristeo Brito -- From The Devil in Texas -- Mary Helen Ponce -- The Day Rito Died -- Gary Soto -- Black Hair -- Pat Mora -- Dear Frida -- The Itch -- Ricardo Pau-Llosa -- Seals -- Swirling Lines -- Minas de Cobre -- Ruth Warat -- Love and Hunt in the Dark Room -- Inquisitors, Dead and in Power. Their Use of Torture . . . -- Rafael Barreto-Rivera -- The Marriage of the Prostitute in Puerto Rican Folklore -- Victor Montejo -- The Bird Who Cleans the World -- How the Serpent Was Born -- The Disobedient Child -- Rowena A. Rivera -- Casimiro Mendoza, the Improviser -- Jose Sequeira -- The Miracle -- Sandra Maria Esteves -- Mambo Love Poem -- Autobiography of a Nuyorican -- Alicia Gaspar De Alba -- Malinche's Rights -- Francisco Alarcon -- Sonnets of Dark Love -- Dionisio Martinez -- Across These Landscapes of Early Darkness -- Cole Porter -- Pavane for Daddy Longlegs -- Alma Luz Villanueva -- Maya -- Ed Vega -- The Last Dream -- Orlando Ramirez -- The Awakening -- Meetings with a Saint -- Jewel Lake -- Robert Navarro ; slight edge wear, else VG. Book.