Poetry
Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:
Typescripts
Drafts of plays (mostly handwritten in pencil and annotated) and typescripts (mostly mimeographs or photocopies with annotations) are arranged in this subseries in alphabetical order. For reviews and further information regarding the author’s plays, see Series II: Personal, Newsclippings.
“Tzintzuntzan,” [originally titled “Two Whores”], multiple typed and holograph drafts
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Uberhaga, Joe M., 2005; Ullman, Leslie (University of Texas, El Paso), 1989; Unida, Fuerza, 2011; Unger, David, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2005; United States Artists, undated; University of Alabama College of Arts & Sciences, undated; University of Texas, San Antonio, 1999; Uribe-Kozlovsky Family undated; Urquijo-Ruiz, Rita, 2012; Urrea, Luis, 1992, 2005; Urrutia, Elena (El Colegio de Mexico), 1989, 2003; Uschuk, Pamela, 1991, 2007, undated
“Un Hombreriega par Excellence,” 2 print out pages, no corrections
“Un Poquito de tu Amor,” Los Angeles Times essay, 1998
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).
“Un Poquito de tu Amor,” multiple print outs
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).
[Un Viejo en la huerta…]
Individual handwritten and typed poems, and hand-bound books of poetry, comprise this subseries. Many of the individual poems are accompanied by drafts, some are single copies. Individual poems are arranged alphabetically, followed by books of poetry, also arranged alphabetically. See also Series 2 : Personal, Subseries C: Scrapbook, for early drafts of poetry.
Uncorrected proof, annotated
Undated drafts, print outs (2 folders)
Cisneros’ 2015 book of essays, A House of My Own appears to have originally been titled “Writing in My Pajamas.” There are no final drafts of the book since the archive was acquired before its publication, but the material does provide evidence of her early essay selections. Many of the essays were previously published, and some overlap with series VII: Writings – Nonfiction.
Undated writings about Cisneros
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.
Unfinished Balcones and other published titles, undated
Unfinished Poems (3 folders)
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.”
Unfinished/unidentified
This subseries includes short stories such as “The Morning of the First Day” and “The Morning and the Evening of the First Day”. Many are complete stories, some are fragments or are in draft form. Portions of these examples of Vliet’s early prose would later be worked into the author’s novels.
Unidentified "Ahuiana/ The Happiness Givers: Eroticism in Pre-Colombian Nahuate Literature”
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.
Unidentified annotated typescript fragment, undated
Unidentified assignments, 2007
Unidentified Author “Anniversary", January 1997
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.