Poetry
Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:
“For Karen in Greensboro,” [From University of Iowa thesis], 1 typedpage with minor corrections (p. 17 of thesis) for Karen Pool
“For Karen in Greensboro,” [poem], 1 photocopy page, no corrections
“For My Friends Danny and Craig Who are Too Expensive for This Poem,” 1 typed page, heavily corrected; 1 typed page, no corrections; 1 photocopy, November 28, 1989
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.”
“For San Dwayne Francisco”; Typescript copies, annotated drafts of poem
Ford Foundation, 1959 - 1960
Forest Bluff Montessori, IL, Daniel Patterson’s class
Formal dinner with family, [Chicago], circa 1997
Subjects include Elvira Cordero Anguiano (26 photographs)
Formal outside dinner, [San Antonio], circa 1997
Subjects include Gertrude Baker, Joan Frederick, Terry Ybañez, Juan, and others (56 photographs)
Formal party with friends, San Antonio, circa 1998
Subjects include Terry Ybañez and others (22 photographs)
Fort Stockton with friends, 2004
Subjects include Ray. (26 photographs)
Foster, David William “Mexican Literature: a History”, 1994
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.
Fourth or fifth grade school picture, St. Calistus, circa 1965
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.
Fragment in “Early Poetry pre-voice, pre-1977,” 1 typed page; incomplete poem
Fragments, undated
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.
Fragments
Fragments
Fragments and notes
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.
France, 1983
2 folders (63 and 71 photographs)