Ocotillo Dreams
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Ocotillo Dreams
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Author : Melinda Palacio
language : en
Publisher: Bilingual Review Press (AZ)
Release Date : 2011
Ocotillo Dreams written by Melinda Palacio and has been published by Bilingual Review Press (AZ) this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Chandler (Ariz.) categories.
Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Set in Chandler, Arizona, during the city's infamous 1997 migrant sweeps, OCOTILLO DREAMS is no run-of-the-mill border tale. In her captivating first novel, Melinda Palacio skillfully weaves a story of politics, intrigue, love, and trust. Isola, a young woman who inherits her mother's Chandler home, relocates from California only to find that her mother had lived a secret life of helping undocumented immigrants. Isola must confront her own confusion and sense of loyalty in a strange and hostile environment. As she gets to know her mother from clues left behind, she grapples with questions of identity and belonging that eventually lead her to explore her life's meaning and to reconnect with her roots.
Their Wildest Dreams
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Author : Peter Abrahams
language : en
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date : 2003-07-29
Their Wildest Dreams written by Peter Abrahams and has been published by Ballantine Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-07-29 with Fiction categories.
“Peter Abrahams is my favorite American suspense novelist.”—Stephen King “Mackie dreaded the mail.” From this simple beginning, Peter Abrahams opens the curtains on a mesmerizing world down on the Mexican border, a world of complex and passionate people whose ambitions will lead them on a relentless collision course, a desert world that rises to the mythic in Their Wildest Dreams. The suspense will grab you and not let go, the surprises will shock you, but in the end it will be the wonderful characters who linger in your mind. Characters like Mackie Larkin, a suburban mother desperate for money, who finds she can earn it as a stripper; Kevin Larkin, her ex-husband whose get-rich-quick schemes left her with a mountain of debt, and who now dreams up an even better one; Lianne, their beautiful, impulsive teenage daughter, for whom almost anything, even bank robbery, is possible; Jimmy Marz, the wrangler she loves, who gets a dangerous onetime offer that could take him to the life he’s always wanted; Buck Samsonov, the charismatic strip-club owner building a southwestern empire in the lawless style of a 19th-century robber baron; Clay Krupsha, a twenty-first-century captain of detectives in a border town where no crime is what it seems; and Nicholas Loeb, a struggling mystery writer whose encounter with an unstable muse entangles him in a web of true crime more mysterious than anything he imagined. Utterly original, multilayered, and marked by the gripping suspense, sharp wit, and fascinating psychological insights for which Peter Abrahams has been acclaimed, here is a major work—a riveting story of modern-day desperadoes living their wildest dreams.
Contemporary Chicana Literature Re Writing The Maternal Script
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Author : Cristina Herrera
language : en
Publisher: Cambria Press
Release Date : 2014-03-28
Contemporary Chicana Literature Re Writing The Maternal Script written by Cristina Herrera and has been published by Cambria Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-28 with Literary Criticism categories.
Despite the growing literary scholarship on Chicana writers, few, if any, studies have exhaustively explored themes of motherhood, maternity, and mother-daughter relationships in their novels. When discussions of motherhood and mother-daughter relationships do occur in literary scholarship, they tend to mostly be a backdrop to a larger conversation on themes such as identity, space, and sexuality, for example. Mother-daughter relationships have been ignored in much literary criticism, but this book reveals that maternal relationships are crucial to the study of Chicana literature; more precisely, examining maternal relationships provides insight to Chicana writers' rejection of intersecting power structures that otherwise silence Chicanas and women of color. This book advances the field of Chicana literary scholarship through a discussion of Chicana writers' efforts to re-write the script of maternity outside of existing discourses that situate Chicana mothers as silent and passive and the subsequent mother-daughter relationship as a source of tension and angst. Chicana writers are actively engaged in the process of re-writing motherhood that resists the image of the static, disempowered Chicana mother; on the other hand, these same writers engage in broad representations of Chicana mother-daughter relationships that are not merely a source of conflict but also a means in which both mothers and daughters may achieve subjectivity. While some of the texts studied do present often conflicted relationships between mothers and their daughters, the novels do not comfortably accept this script as the rule; rather, the writers included in this study are highly invested in re-writing Chicana motherhood as a source of empowerment even as their works present strained maternal relationships. Chicana writers have challenged the pervasiveness of the problematic virgin/whore binary which has been the motif on which Chicana womanhood/motherhood has been defined, and they resist the construction of maternity on such narrow terms. Many of the novels included in this study actively foreground a conscious resistance to the limiting binaries of motherhood symbolized in the virgin/whore split. The writers critically call for a rethinking of motherhood beyond this scope as a means to explore the empowering possibilities of maternal relationships. This book is an important contribution to the fields of Chicana/Latina and American literary scholarship.
Poetry Of Resistance
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Author : Francisco X. Alarcón
language : en
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
Release Date : 2016-03-10
Poetry Of Resistance written by Francisco X. Alarcón and has been published by University of Arizona Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-03-10 with Poetry categories.
My Sweet Dream / My Living Nightmare: Adobe Walls
Negotiating Feminisms
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Author : Eilidh AB Hall
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-03-04
Negotiating Feminisms written by Eilidh AB Hall and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-04 with Literary Criticism categories.
Negotiating Feminisms examines intergenerational feminism in Chicanx family life. It analyses literary representations of the ways that Chicanas negotiate feminisms in the family across generations, through the maintenance, contestation, and adaptation of traditional gender roles. Using an original theoretical lens of negotiation to read the works of Ana Castillo and Sandra Cisneros, this book unpacks intergenerational resistance to patriarchal oppression. This book shows how the works of Cisneros and Castillo articulate a politics of negotiation that critiques the gendered ideologies and roles of the family. In doing so, the book’s discussion not only engages with literary representations but also connects these representations to the contextual experience of Chicanx family life. This book calls for a rethinking of women characters beyond limited, and limiting, familial roles and uses the framework of feminist negotiation as a means to explore the empowering possibilities of intergenerational female relationships.
Navigating The Rough Waters Of Today S Publishing World
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Author : Marcia Meier
language : en
Publisher: Linden Publishing
Release Date : 2010-06-01
Navigating The Rough Waters Of Today S Publishing World written by Marcia Meier and has been published by Linden Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
A complete review of the modern publishing process, this resource is an ideal companion for aspiring authors who want to understand and break into this ever-changing industry. Featuring advice from a robust roster of literary agents, editors, authors, and insiders-including Random House Editor at Large David Ebershoff, literary agent and former Book of the Month Club Editor in Chief Victoria Skurnick, and New York Times-best selling author Bob Mayer-this guidebook demystifies the entire publishing process and offers some hints on where the publishing industry is headed. Thorough discussions on the difference between fiction and nonfiction publishing, working with an agent, maximizing marketing and promotional opportunities, and getting published in magazines, newspapers, and online make this an essential reference for anyone wanting to plot a course for publishing success.
Dream Lover
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Author : Adrienne Staff
language : en
Publisher: Loveswept
Release Date : 2011-08-08
Dream Lover written by Adrienne Staff and has been published by Loveswept this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-08 with Fiction categories.
The mystical allure of the Arizona desert—and a rugged, sexy tour guide—bring hope and happiness to a woman haunted by tragedy in this romance from Adrienne Staff. All hotel manager Carol Lawson wants from her new life in Carefree, Arizona, is to stay busy. Work and more work keep regrets from flooding back. But from the moment tall, dark, and delicious Cody Briggs strides into her life, Carol feels a little reckless. He is a vision out of her dreams—a powerful renegade determined to awaken her senses and heal her broken spirit. Cody knows what it’s like to feel betrayed by life. A renowned archeologist who refused to trade integrity for profit, he’s faced his demons. But he understands the healing power of this breathtaking land—and in Carol’s timeless beauty and sensuality, he sees the perfect woman to share it with. Can ecstasy bring Carol to the point of no return,where a leap of faith promises a love that is destiny? Includes a special message from the editor, as well as excerpts from these Loveswept titles: Remember the Time, The Vow, This Fierce Splendor, The Baron, Lightning That Lingers, Tall, Dark, and Lonesome, and Legends.
Lupe S Dream
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Author : Margaret Randall
language : en
Publisher: Wings Press
Release Date : 2022-09-01
Lupe S Dream written by Margaret Randall and has been published by Wings Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-09-01 with Fiction categories.
During the strange and unsettling second year of COVID-19, Margaret Randall suddenly found herself writing short stories. The author of over 150 books of poetry, essays, biography, nonfiction and translations, Lupe's Dream and Other Stories is her first collection of fiction. These stories are as unsettling as the times. In one way or another, each references life in a near-future where scarcities have become dramatic, space strangely unfamiliar, and time moves in unexpected directions. After several intense months of writing, the stories stopped as mysteriously as they'd begun.
Dream Tracks
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Author : T. C. McLuhan
language : en
Publisher: New York : Abrams
Release Date : 1985
Dream Tracks written by T. C. McLuhan and has been published by New York : Abrams this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with Social Science categories.
Hopi, Navajo, and Rio Grande pueblo life (crafts, costumes, and ceremonies) are explored in exquisite detail.
San Diego Poetry Annual 2010 11
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Author : William Harry Harding
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2011-04-13
San Diego Poetry Annual 2010 11 written by William Harry Harding and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-13 with Poetry categories.
The San Diego Poetry Annual celebrates the diversity of talent found throughout the region. The work of celebrated poets, like Marge Piercy and Steve Kowit, appears next to the poems from those who are published for the first time.
