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Poetry

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

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 File — Box 133, Folder: 7
Correspondents

Querini, Silvia, 1991-1992; Quinn, Alice (Poetry Society of America), 1996, 2004; Quinones, Doris, 1992; Quintana, Alvina, 1984; Quintana-Moya, Sulima, 1996

Dates: 1980 - 2013

Quality Paperback Book Club New Voices Award. Photographs (2) of Cisneros with awards committee; press clippings, 1993

 File — Box 36, Folder: 8
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

numerous awards, certificates, and proclamations that Cisneros received are arranged chronologically, 1985-2011 in box 36. Of note is her 2003 Texas Medal of Arts award. Oversized awards are located in Oversized box 1.

Dates: 1993

Qualters, Sheri “Homesteading and Otherness: The Work of Sandra Cisneros”, April 10, 1990

 File — Box 87, Folder: 11
Series Description From the Series:

These writings about Cisneros are arranged chronologically from 1981-2012 and include academic articles, interviews, and writer’s biographies. Undated writings about Cisneros are housed in box 89 and are arranged alphabetically by author. Newspaper articles and publicity writings about Cisneros can be found in Series XIX: Publicity.

Dates: April 10, 1990

Quarterly Review of Literature (Bard College), 1960 - 1961

 File — Box 32, Folder: 26
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: Business correspondence relates to Vliet’s writing career, and covers such subjects as writing submissions, editing of works to be published, royalties for published works. Correspondents include various poetry and literary journals, Texas Institute of Letters, the Ford Foundation, and Vliet’s agent, Lucy Kroll, of the Lucy Kroll Agency. Two non-correspondence files were filed by the author with this business correspondence, and are located at the beginning of this group of...
Dates: 1960 - 1961

Quarterly West, no. 7. Includes “South Sangamon”, Autumn 1978

 File — Box 81, Folder: 9
Series Description From the Series:

Arranged chronologically, Publications span 1970-2003 and include magazines and journals that contain contributions by Cisneros. The earliest items are literary magazines Now and Cadence, from Josephinum Academy and Loyola University, respectively. For each publication, the date and title of the Cisneros contribution is included in the container list. Oversized publications are in box 85.

Dates: Publication: Autumn 1978

“¡Que Vivan los Colores!” [published as “Beyond the Pale: A Novelist Defends the Vibrant Color of Her Historic San Antonio House,” in House and Garden], correspondence; drafts, proofs, 2002

 File — Box 40, Folder: 2
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: 2002

Quest Academy, Dallas

 File — Box 259, Folder: 6
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: 2009

“Question…”, August 2001

 File — Box 265, Folder: 10
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: August 2001

Questions on The House on Mango Street

 File — Box 256, Folder: 9
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: 2005

Quezada, J. Gilberto, 1994, 2000-2009, 2011

 File — Box 133, Folder: 8-9
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: 1994, 2000-2009, 2011

Quick wash mural, San Antonio, 1997 - 1998

 File — Box 191, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Maria Antoinette Berriozábal, Jeanna Campbell, Bambi Cardenas, Joaquin Castro, Julian Castro, Rosie Castro, Terry Ybañez (artist) (45 photographs)

Dates: 1997 - 1998

“Quiero Escribar de Amor y Ya,” 2 typed pages, corrected; 1 photocopy, April 28, 1990

 File — Box 44, Folder: 32
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: April 28, 1990

“Quiero Presents,” 1 typed page, no corrections; 1 Photocopy, August 20, 1991

 File — Box 44, Folder: 33
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: August 20, 1991

“Quiet as Snow” [library], 5 print out pages, no corrections

 File — Box 40, Folder: 3
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

Quintana, Alma “Chicana Literary Motifs: Challenge and Counter-Challenge the Relationship Among Women”

 File — Box 95, Folder: 13
Series Description From the Series:

Writings by others span 1985-2014 and contain works by contemporaries and friends of Cisneros, as well as writings sent to her either by an author or publisher. Of note are works by: Norma Alarcón; Julia Alvarez; Daniel Arreola; Tony Beckwith; Ruth Behar; Norma Cantú; Denise Chávez; Joan Frederick; Pat LittleDog; Levi Romero; Jim Sagel; Liliana Valenzuela; and Reggie Young.

Dates: 1985-2014, undated

Quintanilla-Perez, Selena & Harmes, Joseph “Selena’s Story: The Life of a Legend in Her Own Words”

 File — Box 95, Folder: 14
Series Description From the Series:

Writings by others span 1985-2014 and contain works by contemporaries and friends of Cisneros, as well as writings sent to her either by an author or publisher. Of note are works by: Norma Alarcón; Julia Alvarez; Daniel Arreola; Tony Beckwith; Ruth Behar; Norma Cantú; Denise Chávez; Joan Frederick; Pat LittleDog; Levi Romero; Jim Sagel; Liliana Valenzuela; and Reggie Young.

Dates: 1985-2014, undated

R. G. Vliet's driver’s license, State of Massachusetts and International Certificate of Vaccination , undated

 File — Box 36, Folder: 6a
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

R.G. Vliet’s Last Will and Testament (1983) is included in this subseries, along with documents relating to a 1983 purchase of land in Kyle, Texas, and Ann Vliet’s 1985-86 retirement and move to Kyle.

Dates: undated

Ra

 File — Box 134, Folder: 1
Correspondents Rabine, Leslie W. (University of California, Irvine), 1984; Rachlis, Kit (PEN Center USA West), 1994; Raihofer, Susan (David Black Literary Agency), 2004; [Ramirez], Chuck, undated; Ramirez, Edna, undated; Ramirez, Elena, 2003; Ramirez, Gloria, 2012; Ramirez, Josephine (Marktaperforum), 1991; Ramirez, Leonard (University of Illinois at Chicago), 1990, 1992; Ramirez, Mary Linda, 1995; Ramirez, Melinda, 1990; Ramirez, Patricia (Frank Tejeda Academy), undated; Ramos,...
Dates: 1980 - 2013

“Rab,” 1 typed page, corrected

 File — Box 43, Folder: 54
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

“Rain,” 4 drafts, edits and email from Dennis Mathis, June 2012

 File — Box 45, Folder: 34
Subseries Description From the Series: Short Stories span 1982-2012 and are arranged alphabetically. A number of stories were originally housed in a folder title “Antojitos collection,” dating from 1982-1987. These stories were kept together in box 45, folders 1-15. The rest of the short stories follow, and are also arranged alphabetically. Many include multiple drafts, with stories such as “Machu Pichu,” “Martita te Requerdo,” and “The Snow Queen,” a poem inspired by former San Antonio mayor, Henry Cisneros, comprising several...
Dates: June 2012