To be young, female and Latina in the kaleidoscopic world of New York City is the reality Phyllis Tashlik captured in this multifaceted volume. The voices that speak through its pages are Las Mujeres Hispanas, a group of Latina teenagers at Manhattan East, a public alternative school in New York City’s El Barrio. They met throughout the course of a year to read and discuss their reactions to the works of renowned female Hispanic authors as well as the concerns born from their own identities. Individually and as a collectivity they went on to write poems, stories, essays and interviews with prominent Latinas. Hispanic, Female and Young: An Anthology, the result of these endeavors, is an anthology of both Las Mujeres’ creative efforts and the literature that inspired them. It combines the fresh perspectives of the younger women with those of such seasoned, prize-winning authors as Lorna Dee Cervantes, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Roberta Fernández, Nicholasa Mohr, Pat Mora and many more. The resulting intergenerational dialogue includes remembrances of family and childhood, the difficulties and joys of growing up bilingual and bicultural, and what it is like to deal with both racism and misogynism.
Hispanic, Female and Young will set milestones for young Latino audiences on their roads to self-discovery and for more mature readers in their nostalgic pilgrimage to the past. It is a celebration of youth and of America’s ethnic diversity.
- Cover
- Title page
- Copyright page
- Table of Contents
- Chapter 1: Remembering Our Culture
- El Olvido Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Getting to Know My Mom Luz Otero
- Refugee Ship Lorna Dee Cervantes
- Being Half-Mexican Sara Rodríquez
- Half-Cuban Monique Rubio
- Losing Your Culture María Persons
- Interviewing my Mom, Dolores Rodríguez Sara Rodríguez
- Lost Relatives Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Bedtime Story Carolina Hospital
- The Beauty of Me and My People Lorna Dee Cervantes
- Chapter 2: Lo Mágico y La Realidad
- They Say Judith Ortiz Cofer
- The Poltergeist Carmen M. Pursifull
- Dream in the Hospital Rosa María Arenas
- Anita Lake Rojas Jeannette Tiburcio
- Listening to Mongo Santamaría Calling the Spirits from Bufffalo Olga Mendell
- Amanda Roderta Fernández
- In the Family María Elena Liano
- Chapter 3: La Familia
- Mamacita Judith Ortiz Cofer
- So Much for Mañana Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Elena Pat Mora
- La Rosa Mordida Rosa María Arenas
- Six Take Away One Rosa Elena Yquierdo
- Dear Tía Carolina Hospital
- Silence Within Sandra Orta
- Abuela Denise Alcalá
- Abuela Rosa Elena Yzquierdo
- mente joven: nothin’ Like a pensive child Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
- A Man So Special Enike Smith
- Christmas Was a Time of Plenty Nicholasa Mohr
- Chapter 4: Recuerdo: Memories from Childhood
- This Morning There Were Rainbows in the Sprinklers Lorna Dee Cervantes
- remolino en mi taza Evangelina Vigil-Piñón
- Esperanza Nicholasa Mohr
- Niña Margarita Engle
- Chapter 5: Growing Up
- A Day in the Life of Me: September 29, 1988 Leslie Rivera
- I Love Him Anyway Leslie Rivera
- Together Leslie Rivera
- First Love Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Teenage Zombie Amina Susan Ali
- Memories of Her Amina Susan Ali
- Monica Inez Santana
- I Thought You Loved Me Michelle Calero
- A Lost Friend Ivy Colomba
- Caught by Life Edna Robles
- Inequalities Nereida Román
- Never Fitting In Nereida Román
- That Something Special: Dancing with the Repertory Dance Company of Harlem Leslie Rivera
- Origen Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Thinking Lorna Dee Cervantes
- Chapter 6: A Las Mujeres
- Fulana Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Vida Judith Ortiz Cofer
- María Amina Muñoz
- To a Woman I Love Cristina González
- A Vanessa Elsa Zambosco
- María Sabida Judith Ortiz Cofer
- Chapter 7: El Barrio
- El Barrio, My Home Edna Robles
- El Barrio Luz Otero
- Braces and Intelligence Shanique García
- Do It To the Music Carmen Martin
- A Very Special Pet Nicholasa Mohr
- Chapter 8: Prejudice
- Different Perspectives Edna Robles
- Remembering Zebras María Persons
- Which Line is This? I Forget Lorna Dee Cervantes
- Laughing Last Inez Santana
- Corazón Djassi Johnson, Luz Otero, Millie Rivera, Sara Rodríguez, Simeko Watkins
- incognito Denise Alcalá
- Chapter 9: Making It
- Interview with Ingrid Ramos: A Friend of East Harlem Shanique García, Ileana Morales, Malika Mosely, Enike Smith, with Laura González, Stephanie Metzger, Leslie Rivera, Nereida Román
- Interview with Olga Méndez: The Senator from El Barrio Shanique García, Laura Gonález, Ileana Morales, Malika Mosely, Enike Smith
- Interview with Nicholasa Mohr: Hold Fast to Your Dreams Kim Baez, Michelle Calero, Luz Otero, Monique Rubio, Janel Shepard
- Interview with Tina Ramírez: Founder of Ballet Hispánico Ivy Colomba, Millie Rivera, Sara Rodríguez, Monique Rubio, Janel Shepard, Simeko Watkins, Guadalupe Zárate
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