¿WHAT’S IN A NOMBRE?
Writing Latin@ Identity in America
Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter 2011
$20.00 | 310 pp. | ISSN: 1091-1480 | ISBN No.: 1468013130
Nancy Mercado is the guest editor of “¿WHAT’S IN A NOMBRE? Writing Latin@ Identity in America,” presenting the works of Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban and recent Latino arrivals. Featuring a wide array of poets such as Pedro Lopez Adorno, Maria Aponte, Nestor Barreto, Oscar Bermeo, Susana Cabanas, Sandra Maria Esteves, Jaime “Shaggy Flores, Rafael Jesus Gonzalez, Marianela Medrano, Oscar Mireles, Amina Munoz-Ali, Wilie Perdomo, Etnairis Rivera, Floyd Salas, Emanuel Xavier and more.
Interviews of Esmeralda Santiago, Oscar Hijuelos, Nelly Rosario, Gary Soto, and Junot Diaz. Tributes to Piri Thomas and Louis Reyes Rivera. Short stories by Rosebud Ben-Oni, Angie Cruz, Judith Mercado, Thelma T. Reyna and John Rodriguez. Artwork and photographs by Wanda Benvenutti, George Malave, Kukuli Velarde and more. Includes bilingual works in English and Spanish. Cover Art: Goni Montes.