9780060742775 | Rayo, October 1, 2005, cover price $23.95 | About this edition: Taking a summer job at a farm in New York, Kenny Romero finds himself drawing closer to his girlfriend, a relationship that is unexpectedly undermined by his uncle's illicit activities, his grandmother's secret, and a pregnant cow.

9781585676309 | Overlook Pr, October 7, 2004, cover price $24.95 | About this edition: Laid off from his job at Kinko's and confronting a life of personal, romantic, professional, and even physical failure, Omaha Bigelow finds salvation in the arms of Maruquita Salsipuedes, a Nuyorican homegirl who uses her magical powers to cure his problems, but now Omaha discovers that success has its own problems.

9781558850347 | Arte Publico Pr, May 1, 1991, cover price $9.50 | About this edition: The stories in this collection slice through the levels of Hispanic life in the city to reveal a richness and a diversity of experience, but also the promise of flowering or the threat of chaos and destruction.

9780934770569 | Arte Publico Pr, April 1, 1987, cover price $9.50 | About this edition: A collection of stories that consider such political issues as independence for Puerto Rico, poverty, and assimilation

9780934770293 | Arte Publico Pr, April 1, 1985, cover price $10.00 | About this edition: A no-holds-barred saire about ethnicity, racism and revolutionary politics, of undercover police, academics, psychiatrists and athletes.