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Poetry

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 3363 Collections and/or Records:

“My trip to Italy, September 2005.” 33 pages, many with attached ephemera. Musical skeletons, cloth cover, September 2005

 File — Box 21, Folder: 1
Series Description From the Series: Notebooks and Journals span 1979-2012 and often overlap with the items in series III: Diaries. They include notes, story ideas, lists, addresses, and a number of other jottings by Cisneros. Some notable entries include notes and quotes concerning what poetry is while she was working as a counselor at Loyola University in Chicago in 1981; drafts and notes for poems and for The House on Mango Street in 1982; a list of stories for Mango Street in 1983; and notes from 1987 which Cisneros titled”...
Dates: September 2005

My Wicked Wicked Ways (pub. 1987), 1978, 1992

 Sub-Series
Subseries Description

Cisneros’ University of Iowa thesis forms the basis for My Wicked Wicked Ways (box 49), and the original near-complete thesis is at the heart of this series; however, a few pages are missing. One should see also material in Series VIII: Early Poetry (box 42). Also included are drafts of the book preface, proofs, and cover art samples.

Dates: 1978, 1992

“My Wicked Wicked Ways: The Chicana Writer’s Struggle with Good and Evil or Las Hijas de la Malavida,” presented 1985 at the Modern Language Conference, Chicago and 1986 at MLA at Yale. 23 typed pages, 1985 - 1986

 File — Box 39, Folder: 4
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: 1985 - 1986

Myers, Irma, 1993, 1995

 File — Box 129, Folder: 11
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: 1993, 1995

Na - Ne

 File — Box 130, Folder: 1
Correspondents Nabokov, Ivan, 2002, 2004; [Nall], Kurt, 1998; Napoles, Mary Helen (Harlandale Independent School District), 1984; National Museum of Women in the Arts, 1998; [Nava], Barbara and Greg, undated; Navarett, Diana, 1986; Navarro, Marta, undated; Navarro, Maximiliano, 1998-1999, 2001; Navarro, Norma, undated; Neff, Alan and Shareé, 2007; Nellermore, Barbra, 2002-2003; Nelson, Gayle (TESOL), 1993; Nelson, Merri, 1990; Nelson, Nicole Vitalich (San Diego Museum of Art),...
Dates: 1980 - 2013

Nacua Hoegi, Julie Ann “The Inner and Outer Shadowlands”, May 7, 1994

 File — Box 87, Folder: 27
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: May 7, 1994

“Nagual,” 2 print out pages with reader comments, January 26, 2012

 File — Box 44, Folder: 26
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: January 26, 2012

Names

 File — Box 7, Folder: 6
Sub-Series Description From the Sub-Series: This subseries very clearly shows Vliet’s process of writing from preliminary research through final product. It includes extensive background research files including files by subject containing clippings from newspapers and magazines, library call slips, color and black and white photographs, and handwritten notes. Following these research files are drafts of chapters handwritten in pencil, annotated typescripts, clean typescripts, and (minimal) correspondence. Perhaps most meticulously...
Dates: circa 1980s

Nandín Villa, Teresa “El Reflejo de la Experencia Multicultural en dos Obras de Contextos Dispares: East, West, de Salman Rushdie, Woman Hollering Creek, de Sandra Cisneros”, 2000

 File — Box 88, Folder: 4
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: 2000

“Naomi Nye-Texas Obs Poems”; Correspondence with Naomi Nye of The Texas Observer, annotated typescript draft of “Believing in Texas, 1995 - 1996

 File — Box 2779, Folder: 10
Abstract From the Series: Archival materials from author Miles Wilson dating 1965-2016. Material includes correspondence pertaining to the acquisition of the J. Frank Dobie papers by William Wittliff and the inception of the Southwest Writers Collection at Southwest Texas State University (Texas State University) San Marcos, Texas, as well as annotated drafts of early poetry and short prose; submissions to various poetry and short story anthologies; rejection slips and editor correspondence. The bulk of the material...
Dates: 1995 - 1996

Nara, Kristen, 2002, 2006-2007

 File — Box 130, Folder: 2
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: 2002, 2006-2007

“Narcisco Reyes”

 File — Box 72, Folder: 2
Contents From the Sub-subseries:

Materials between Cisneros and agent Susan Bergholz relating to Caramelo includes correspondence and shared drafts and fragments.

Dates: 1994 - 2001

Natalia High School

 File — Box 246, Folder: 7
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: 1995

National Association of Chicano Studies “Outstanding Contributions to the Arts, Academia and to our Communities." Certificate, letter, 1993

 File — Box 36, Folder: 7
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

National Endowment for the Arts, 1987-1990, 1997

 File — Box 35, Folder: 2
Contents

Award letter, correspondence, guidelines, return receipt for application. 1997 essay for inclusion in NEA anthology, Writing America

Dates: 1987-1990, 1997

“Natural Daughter,” multiple print out drafts with corrections (4 folders), 2005 - 2006

 File — Box 39, Folder: 5-8
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: 2005 - 2006

Nawrocki, Sarah “Asking Their Own Questions: Chicana Poets in the 1980s”, May 1989

 File — Box 86, Folder: 36
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: May 1989

Negatives

 File — Box 217, Folder: 2-3
Scope and Contents

(3 folders)

Dates: 1968-2011, undated

Negatives , circa 1994

 Item — Box 162, Folder: 12
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: circa 1994

Nelson, Peter, 1995-1997, 2001, 2006

 File — Box 130, Folder: 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: 1995-1997, 2001, 2006