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American literature -- Mexican American authors

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 2844 Collections and/or Records:

“How the Library Changed My Life,” 10 page draft; 1 holograph page

 File — Box 38, Folder: 27
Series Description From the Series:

Cisneros’ nonfiction writings are arranged alphabetically and include speeches, editorials, and essays. Many were eventually published in anthologies or magazines. In cases when the date and location of a speech is known, that information is included in the listing. This series also contains interviews Cisneros conducted with other writers while working at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (box 41).

Dates: 1984 - 2014
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Nonfiction

“How Things Are,” 1 typed page (7 drafts, all heavily corrected)

 File — Box 42, Folder: 16
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: Early poems span 1971-1986 and are arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in two black binders. The first binder contents are in folders 1-51 and were from Cisneros’ time at The University of Iowa. The second binder is in folder 53 and contains early poems, many later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways. Additional early poems not originally housed in one of the two binders are listed alphabetically and include high school poems. Also included are titles with numerous...
Dates: 1971 - 1985
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Poetry / Early Poems

Hubbard High School, Chicago

 File — Box 255, Folder: 5
Series Description From the Series: Reader Correspondence, 1990-2013, is arranged chronologically. Each year is separated into letters from individuals and letters from classes. The individual letters are typical fan letters and document the effect her writing has had on her readers. The class letters are often packets sent by teachers containing letters from students who have read her works in class, and sometimes thank-you letters from students whose class Cisneros visited. When known, the school name is included in the...
Dates: 2004
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Reader Correspondence / [subseries]

Hudson, Kathleen, 1998, 2005-2007, 2009

 File — Box 121, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series: The extensive correspondence files span 1980-2013 and are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Every correspondent is included in the container list, and when known, organizational affiliations are listed in parenthesis. Individuals with a significant quantity of letters include: Jeffrey Abrahams; Norma Alarcón; Dorothy Allison; Julia Alvarez; Beatrix Badikian; Gertrude Baker; Ruth Behar; Ronnie Burke; Norma Cantu; Ana Castillo; Denise Chávez; Carlos Cumpián; Ted Dvoracek; Gayle...
Dates: 1998, 2005-2007, 2009
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Correspondence

“Huelo a Viejo,” 1 typed page, minor corrections

 File — Box 42, Folder: 17
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: Early poems span 1971-1986 and are arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in two black binders. The first binder contents are in folders 1-51 and were from Cisneros’ time at The University of Iowa. The second binder is in folder 53 and contains early poems, many later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways. Additional early poems not originally housed in one of the two binders are listed alphabetically and include high school poems. Also included are titles with numerous...
Dates: 1971 - 1985
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Poetry / Early Poems

Hughes Lali “Sandra Cisneros The House on East Guenther Street A journal of the Poet, author and feminist original", undated

 File — Box 266, Folder: 14
Series Description From the Series: Reader Correspondence, 1990-2013, is arranged chronologically. Each year is separated into letters from individuals and letters from classes. The individual letters are typical fan letters and document the effect her writing has had on her readers. The class letters are often packets sent by teachers containing letters from students who have read her works in class, and sometimes thank-you letters from students whose class Cisneros visited. When known, the school name is included in the...
Dates: undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Reader Correspondence / Reader's Writings

“Huipiles,” multiple drafts; 11 page Spanish translation by Liliana Valenzuela (2 folders), June-October, 2007

 File — Box 38, Folder: 25-26
Series Description From the Series:

Cisneros’ nonfiction writings are arranged alphabetically and include speeches, editorials, and essays. Many were eventually published in anthologies or magazines. In cases when the date and location of a speech is known, that information is included in the listing. This series also contains interviews Cisneros conducted with other writers while working at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (box 41).

Dates: June-October, 2007
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Nonfiction

Hull, Sonia [see also box 137, fldr 6], 1986, 1989-1991, 2003, undated

 File — Box 121, Folder: 10
Series Description From the Series: The extensive correspondence files span 1980-2013 and are arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Every correspondent is included in the container list, and when known, organizational affiliations are listed in parenthesis. Individuals with a significant quantity of letters include: Jeffrey Abrahams; Norma Alarcón; Dorothy Allison; Julia Alvarez; Beatrix Badikian; Gertrude Baker; Ruth Behar; Ronnie Burke; Norma Cantu; Ana Castillo; Denise Chávez; Carlos Cumpián; Ted Dvoracek; Gayle...
Dates: 1986, 1989-1991, 2003, undated
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Correspondence

“Hydra – 4 A.M.,” 1 photocopy page

 File — Box 43, Folder: 27
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Europe Poems were originally housed together in one folder and date from Cisneros’ time abroad in Greece, 1982-1983. Some were later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways and Loose Woman. The poems are arranged alphabetically, with untitled poems and fragments at the end.

Dates: 1982 - 1983
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Poetry / Europe Poems

Hydra (4 photo albums), 1984

 Item — Box 168
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Photo Albums comprise nine intact albums from Hydra, Greece (1984), Yugoslavia, now Croatian Republic of Herzog-Bosnia (1985), the Dobie Paisano Ranch, Texas (1985), and various travels (1990s).

Dates: 1984
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Photographs / Photo Albums

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 File — Box 121, Folder: 11
Correspondents Ibarreche, Alejandro Elias, 1994; Idalia, Hector and Elsa, 1999; Illinois Center for the Book, 1995; Illy, 2012; Imagine Publications, 1986, 1991; Inez, Valéntina, undated; Ingber, Stacy, 2001, 2003, 2006-2007; Innocentes, Los, 1998; International League for the Rights and Liberation of Peoples, undated; Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, undated; Isaman, Jim and Ray Pulido, 1993; Isele, Elizabeth, 1995, 2002, undated; Isenberg, Steven (PEN American Center), 2011;...
Dates: 1980 - 2013
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Correspondence

“I am Going to Write a Poem,” 1 typed page, corrected; 1 typed page, no corrections, January 1992

 File — Box 44, Folder: 11
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Later Poems span 1985-2014 and did not come in any original order. They are arranged alphabetically. Most poems are single drafts, but or insight into Cisneros’ revision process, there are eight progressive drafts of the 1995 poem “Morning After Tango.”

Dates: January 1992
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Poetry / Later Poems

“I am on My Way to Oklahoma to Bury the Man I Nearly Left My Husband For,”1 typescript page, no corrections; 1 photocopy, no corrections; 1 photocopy of published version [correspondence with Joan Frederick (Denton) for the inspiration for this poem is restricted], December 3, 1990

 File — Box 55, Folder: 16
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: December 3, 1990
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Monographs / Loose Woman (pub. 1994) / Poems [many were originally in a folder titled “complete book.”]

“I am So Depressed I Feel Like Jumping in the River Behind My House but Won’t Because I Am Thirty-Eight and Not Eighteen,” 1 photocopy page, no corrections (4 copies), July 3, 1993

 File — Box 55, Folder: 17
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: July 3, 1993
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Monographs / Loose Woman (pub. 1994) / Poems [many were originally in a folder titled “complete book.”]

“I am So Dumb,” 1 typed page, no corrections

 File — Box 42, Folder: 18
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: Early poems span 1971-1986 and are arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in two black binders. The first binder contents are in folders 1-51 and were from Cisneros’ time at The University of Iowa. The second binder is in folder 53 and contains early poems, many later published in My Wicked Wicked Ways. Additional early poems not originally housed in one of the two binders are listed alphabetically and include high school poems. Also included are titles with numerous...
Dates: 1971 - 1985
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Poetry / Early Poems

“I am So in Love I Grow a New Hymen,” 1 photocopy page (2 copies), July 14, 1992

 File — Box 55, Folder: 18
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: July 14, 1992
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Monographs / Loose Woman (pub. 1994) / Poems [many were originally in a folder titled “complete book.”]

"I Awake in the Middle of the Night and Wonder if You’ve Been Taken,” 1 photocopy page, no corrections, June 3, 1993

 File — Box 55, Folder: 15
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: June 3, 1993
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Monographs / Loose Woman (pub. 1994) / Poems [many were originally in a folder titled “complete book.”]

“I Can Live Sola and I Love to Work,” presented as the keynote speech for “Redefining Legacies: Power in Transition,” Women’s Caucus for the Arts National Conference, San Antonio. [Later published in La Voz de Esperanza, March 1995] 10 pages, no corrections, January 24, 1995

 File — Box 38, Folder: 28
Series Description From the Series:

Cisneros’ nonfiction writings are arranged alphabetically and include speeches, editorials, and essays. Many were eventually published in anthologies or magazines. In cases when the date and location of a speech is known, that information is included in the listing. This series also contains interviews Cisneros conducted with other writers while working at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (box 41).

Dates: January 24, 1995
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Nonfiction

“I Don’t Like Being in Love,” 1 typed page, no corrections; 3 print out pages, no corrections

 File — Box 55, Folder: 19
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: 1988-1993; 1997
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Monographs / Loose Woman (pub. 1994) / Poems [many were originally in a folder titled “complete book.”]

“I Let Him Take Me,” 1 typed page, no corrections; 1 photocopy, October 17, 1991

 File — Box 55, Folder: 20
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material for Loose Woman are the poems, arranged alphabetically. Many were originally housed in a folder titled “complete book.” Additional material includes proofs from Knopf, promotional displays, and Spanish translations by Paloma Zozaya and Marilar Aleixandre.

Dates: October 17, 1991
Found in: The Wittliff Collections / SWWC-123, Sandra Cisneros Papers / Writings – Monographs / Loose Woman (pub. 1994) / Poems [many were originally in a folder titled “complete book.”]