American literature -- Mexican American authors
Found in 2778 Collections and/or Records:
Live band at bar [San Antonio], 1998 - 1999
Subjects include Gertrude Baker, Joan Frederick, Eduardo García (37 photographs)
“Living as a Writer: Choice and Circumstance,” delivered at University of California Irvine’s “Celebrating Our Voices: Multi-Cultural Women’s Writing” [later published in Revista Mujeres, Vol 3, No 2, June 1986] 8 typed pages (2 drafts), April 11, 1986
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).
“Living in Los Tiempos de Susto,” 4 page drafts (2 copies) and outline, February 11, 2011
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).
“Living on the Edge of America,” delivered at the International Counseling Center, Washington, D.C., 12 holograph pages; photocopy, May 9, 1990
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).
“Lolita as puppy with S.C. and Ray”, 2003
Subjects include dogs and Ray. (19 photographs)
Long hair and sleeveless t-shirt, photographs by Ruben Guzman. (10) 5x7 Prints (one signed by Cisneros), contact sheets
Portraits are formal, posed photographs of Cisneros, and are arranged chronologically. Photographers include her brother, Henry (Kiki) Cisneros, Joan Frederick, Alexandro Galindo, Ruben Guzman, Armando Rascón, Al Rendon, and Diana Solís, among others. Also included are a number of portraits of Cisneros with others, notably with her mother in 1998, and Gertrude Baker, Ruben Guzman, Denise Chavez, Jasna Karaula, and Emma Tenayuca.
Loose note pages
The series Notes consists of loose pages and clippings for story ideas. Of particular interest are seven folders of “buttons” – often a single phrase or line, that Cisneros filed away as inspiration for potential poems or stories.
Loose pages, 1994
Materials between Cisneros and agent Susan Bergholz relating to Caramelo includes correspondence and shared drafts and fragments.
Loose pages, 1995
Materials between Cisneros and agent Susan Bergholz relating to Caramelo includes correspondence and shared drafts and fragments.
Loose pages, 1996
Materials between Cisneros and agent Susan Bergholz relating to Caramelo includes correspondence and shared drafts and fragments.
Loose pages (2 folders), 1997
Materials between Cisneros and agent Susan Bergholz relating to Caramelo includes correspondence and shared drafts and fragments.
Loose pages (2 folders), 1998
Materials between Cisneros and agent Susan Bergholz relating to Caramelo includes correspondence and shared drafts and fragments.
Loose pages (2 folders), 1999
Materials between Cisneros and agent Susan Bergholz relating to Caramelo includes correspondence and shared drafts and fragments.
Loose pages, includes post-it notes from Cisneros, July 1993
Materials between Cisneros and agent Susan Bergholz relating to Caramelo includes correspondence and shared drafts and fragments.
Loose snapshots
various dates, unsorted
“Loose Woman,” 2 typed pages, no corrections; 1 typed page (incomplete)
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.
Loose Woman (pub. 1994), 1988-1993; 1997
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.
