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Poetry

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

Los Altos, High School

 File — Box 243, Folder: 8-9
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: 1991

“Los Altos Visits Mango Street,”, April 1991

 File — Box 264, Folder: 1
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: April 1991

“Los Angeles and 4th of July in San Antonio", 2003

 File — Box 210, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Ted Dvoracek and others (18 photographs)

Dates: 2003

Los Angeles Times Magazine. Includes “Woman Hollering Creek” (2 copies), 1983

 File — Box 83, Folder: 1
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: 1983

Los Angeles Times Magazine. Includes “Woman Hollering Creek” (2 copies), July 1, 1990

 File — Box 84, Folder: 1
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: July 1, 1990

“Los Boxers,” 2 typed pages, corrected; 3 print out pages, no corrections (4 copies), March 1990

 File — Box 51, Folder: 15
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series: Woman Hollering Creek may have had the working title “The Sky Has Little Eyes,” as there are four folders so labeled in this series. That material was kept together in box 51, folders 2-8, with drafts of all of the stories arranged alphabetically beginning in box 51, folder 9. Nearly every story contains multiple drafts, some with translations, such as “Eleven,” “Eyes of Zapata,” “La Fabulosa, A Texas Operetta,” “Never Marry a Mexican,” “Tepeyac,” and “Woman Hollering Creek.” Additional...
Dates: March 1990

“Los Desnudos: A Triptych,” 3 photocopy pages, no corrections; 1 photocopy page (incomplete), July 3, 1992

 File — Box 55, Folder: 7
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: July 3, 1992

Los Palmitas Elementary School, Thermal, CA

 File — Box 261, 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: 2011

“Los Tejanos,” 6 typed pages, minor corrections; 2 photocopy pages of published version in Nov/Dec 1984 issue of Texas Humanist, October 8, 1984

 File — Box 41, Folder: 1
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: October 8, 1984

“Love Poem at Thirty-One,” 8 typed pages, corrections

 File — Box 43, Folder: 33
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

“Love Poem for a Non-Believer,” 1 typed page, no corrections, 1988 - 1989

 File — Box 55, Folder: 24
Subseries Description From the Sub-Series:

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.

Dates: 1988 - 1989

“Lovely Tranquil Photos of Dante on Porch” San Antonio, 2003

 File — Box 212, Folder: 8
Scope and Contents

(13 photographs)

Dates: 2003

Loyola University, Acceptance letter; financial aid proposal, 1972

 File — Box 1, Folder: 9
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series:

The bulk of the material in Education spans her elementary school years through graduate school (1961-1979) and includes diplomas, report cards, yearbooks, and materials from Loyola University and the University of Iowa. Material relating to honorary degrees, State University of New York, Purchase (1993) and DePaul University (2014), can also be found in this subseries

Dates: 1972

Loyola years, 1972 - 1976

 File — Box 171, Folder: 7
Scope and Contents

Subjects include first boyfriend, John Catanese, Henry, Marcela, and Dominic. (19 photographs)

Dates: 1972 - 1976

Lozano, Vicente, 2004-2007, 2009, 2011

 File — Box 125, Folder: 4
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: 2004-2007, 2009, 2011

Lucy Kroll Agency, 1961 - 1984

 File — Box 32, Folder: 20
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: 1961 - 1984

Ludwig, Amy, 1992 - 1996

 File — Box 125, 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: 1992 - 1996

Ludwig, Amy “Study Guide (High School)”

 File — Box 89, Folder: 6
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

Lukin, Patrizia & Ocamp, Himber “La Balada De John y Yoko”

 File — Box 94, 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

“Luna Toscana – Siena Night,” 4 typed pages, corrected

 File — Box 43, Folder: 34
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