Poetry
Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:
Professional Papers, 1978 - 2011
Professional Papers document milestones in Cisneros’ employment history. The series is divided into four sub-series: Employment Records; Professional Appointments; Fellowships; and Awards, Certificates, and Proclamations.
Profile. Visiones, May 1994
Publicity Material spans 1978-2014 and is divided into the following subseries: Cisneros Cover Stories; Magazines with Articles about Cisneros; Newspaper and Other Articles; Appearance Publicity; Oversized; and Book Publisher Catalogs.
Program flyers, 1984
Program information and policies, 1995
This subseries includes materials relating to various fellowships. Included are correspondence, award letters, and other materials relating to The Paisano Fellowship in Austin, The National Endowment for the Arts, and the MacArthur Grant.
Programs, 1972-1974, undated
Includes publications and other specially preserved media from Hudson’s time on a variety of subjects including the Texas Folklore Society and offprints sent to Hudson by other writers.
Progress High School, Brroklyn, NY, Evelyn Menez’s class
Projects
Handwritten and typed notes, clippings, and photocopies, arranged in alphabetical order by the author’s subject categories, comprise the majority of this subseries. Also included are several folders of topographical and road maps of various Texas counties and other locations.
Promotional displays; one for Vintage Contemporaries featuring a photograph by Rubén Guzmán and one advertising the Random House audiobook
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.
Promotional Materials
“Ein Huid van Karamel,” booklet by De Geus, Netherlands; “Caramelo,” booklet by Feux Croisés, France; Vintage Books Reading Group guide; Bookstore display
Promotional materials
Proofs for Spanish translation, May 18, 2012
Proofs (incomplete), photocopy pages with corrections
Cisneros’ University of Iowa thesis forms the basis for My Wicked Wicked Ways (box 49), and the original near-complete thesis is at the heart of this series; however, a few pages are missing. One should see also material in Series VIII: Early Poetry (box 42). Also included are drafts of the book preface, proofs, and cover art samples.
Proofs (photocopy) including 14 photo reproductions of the artwork; Cisneros’ notes to translator for this book and Woman Hollering, 12 pages, March 9, 1992
Proofs, photocopy with holograph corrections; note from Julie Grau
Cisneros’ University of Iowa thesis forms the basis for My Wicked Wicked Ways (box 49), and the original near-complete thesis is at the heart of this series; however, a few pages are missing. One should see also material in Series VIII: Early Poetry (box 42). Also included are drafts of the book preface, proofs, and cover art samples.
“Proposal to My Wife”; Annotated drafts of the poem
“Prose-Juvenilia”; Annotated typescript drafts of short stories, 1965
Prospect Sierra School, Sandra Brod’s class
Protest against KKK, San Antonio, circa 1997
Subjects include Gertrude Baker (9 photographs)
Protest, [Mexico/American Border], 1998
(18 photographs)
Provincetown (5), 3x5 photographs by Dennis Mathis and Michael Cunningham
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.