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Poetry

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

Valenzuela, Lilliana (Spanish Translator), 1989-1990, 1993-2012, undated

 File — Box 142, Folder: 1-3
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: 1989-1990, 1993-2012, undated

Valenzuela, Luisa “The Five Days that Changed my Paper”

 File — Box 97, Folder: 4
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

Valley Center Middle School, CA

 File — Box 257, Folder: 12
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: 2007

“Valley Voices", 1999

 File — Box 265, Folder: 4
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: 1999

“Valparaíso,” [published in My Wicked Wicked Ways], 1 typed page, no corrections, December 10, 1981

 File — Box 42, Folder: 43
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: December 10, 1981

Various, 1980s

 File — Box 175, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents

Berkeley, Tijuana, Oaxaca, Chicago, 1984-1989. Subjects include Carmen Abrego, Enrique Arteaga, Ana Castillo, Ted Dvoracek, Ruben Guzman, Olga Harmony, Pat Mora, Elena Poniatowska, Mary Helen Ponce, Sonia Saldivar, Diana Solis, Gary Soto, Elena Ursutia, Liliana Valenzuela, Valencia, Angelina Vigil, Terry Ybañez. (39 photographs)

Dates: 1980s

Various Authors “Poems for me from Friends and Enemies”

 File — Box 97, Folder: 11
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

Various cover proofs

 File — Box 47, Folder: 9
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: The House on Mango Street does not include any of the manuscript material from the 1984 Arte Público Press edition, but there is the original artwork for that book. And the series does include Cisneros’ original drafts from The University of Iowa. The bulk of the series relates to the 1990 Random House edition with proofs, and new introduction and “about the author” materials. Translations are also well represented, with a Spanish translation by Elena Poniatowska and Juan Ascencio, and a...
Dates: circa 1977; 1990-2009

Various events, 1980s

 File — Box 177, Folder: 1
Scope and Contents

Various events including book fair with Arte Publico Press, Austin book fair for NACS conference, First Texas [South Press] book fair with Tino Villanueva and [Juanita Trice Lavika], Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center (with Helena Viramontes, John Philip Santos, Omar Salinas and [Pat Mora]), Mary Sue Galindo, and Reading at Barbara Renaud Gonzales in Dallas. (65 photographs)

Dates: 1980s

Various family snapshots, 1967 - 2013

 File — Box 165, Folder: 4-7
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

Family Photographs span 1894-2013 and are divided into paternal and maternal family members, photographs of Cisneros’ mother and father, various family members, and pets. There are many other family photographs in the snapshots sub-series, particularly the early years beginning in box 171.

Dates: 1967 - 2013

Various notes including Lala, Acapulco, love songs, (2 folders)

 File — Box 56, Folder: 12
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: The largest subseries in Monographs is material relating to the writing and publication of Caramelo. Research, notes, chapter drafts, and book drafts document Cisneros’ writing process. Research files and notes provide evidence of the depth of research that went into the book, loosely based on her own family history. Included among the topics are immigration, Mexico, San Antonio, music, and war. Notes includes story development “road maps,” outlines, and files that Cisneros created on topics...
Dates: 1993 - 2002

Various others, unidentified

 Item — Box 163, Folder: 15
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: 1984 - 2001

Various outdoor portraits, photographs by Henry (Kiki) Cisneros. (3) 5x7 prints, (6) 8x10 prints

 File — Box 162, Folder: 1
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: 1954-2011, undated

Various slides: Paisano Ranch, Yale, UC Berkeley

 Item — Box 161, Folder: 3
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: 1954-2011, undated

Various snapshot portraits

 Item — Box 162, Folder: 19
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: 1954-2011, undated

Vasconcellos, John, 1991-1992, 1995-1996, 1998-1999, undated

 File — Box 142, Folder: 5
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: 1991-1992, 1995-1996, 1998-1999, undated

Vásquez Rodríguez, Elsa Efigenia “Religiosidad Biculturalidad, y Emoclonalidad: El Papel del Code – Switching en Tres Cuentas de Sandra Cisneros”

 File — Box 89, Folder: 17
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: 1981 - 2012

Ve - Vo

 File — Box 142, Folder: 6
Correspondents Vega, Amanda, 1997; Vega, Arturo (National Assoc. for Chicana-Chicano Studies), 1999; Velasquez, Baldemar (Farm Labor Research Project), 1999, 2006; Velasquez, Christiana, 2002; Velazquez, Steve and Bobbi, 2004; Veliz, Guadalupe, 1998; Vences, Carmen, 1996, 2005; Venis, Linda (PEN Center USA West), 1996; Venverloh, Faith (University of Houston), 1993 Verdeja, Sam (Hispanic Magazine), 2002; Veronika Firm, 1996, undated; Vexler, Esther S., 2011; Veyna, Angelina F....
Dates: 1980 - 2013

Velasquez, Baldemar “Case for a Freedom Visa”

 File — Box 97, Folder: 5
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

“Vence in Southern France, 20 Minutes from the Riviera,” 1 typed page, heavily corrected; 1 typed page, no corrections

 File — Box 43, Folder: 69
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