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Product Description: This new volume continues to offer the cream of contemporary Chicano writing by both established authors and talented new voices. Included are excerpts from novels in progress by Joel Huerta and Stephen D. Gutiérrez.

Gathers poetry and fiction by such Mexican-American authors as Dagoberto Gilb and Rowena A. Rivera

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Gathers poetry and fiction by such Mexican-American authors as Gary Soto, Gloria Anzaldua, and Sandra Cisneros

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