Floricanto Si!: A Collection of Latina Poetry [Paperback]

Bryce Milligan (Editor), Angela de Hoyos (Editor)

Book Description

Release date: March 1, 1998

Floricanto Si! combines the poetry of such major literary figures as Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Ana Castillo, with the work of a second generation of post-Chicano movement poets whose startlingly original voices are just being discovered. The forty-seven Latina contributors hail from the U.S., from New York to North Dakota. Their roots are in Mexico and the Caribbean, Argentina and Peru, Brazil and El Salvador. Yet their work is bound by common cutural themes, such as identity, bilingualism, machismo and political oppression, and by recurring allusions to the Virgin of Guadalupe, Sor Juana de la Cruz, Frida Kahlo, and various Aztec dieties. Further, there is a spirit of unity apparent in the sensual imagery and vibrancy of their poetic language. Floricanto Si! is a stunning collection that interprets America to itself in new ways. As the editors write in an introduction that covers the history of Latina poetry in the U.S., "Within this amazing multiplicity we find a new poetic sensibility emerging from a still-evolving mestiza consciousness. We are watching an ancient nebula birth new stars."

Editorial Reviews

Review

The Corn Tortilla by Teresa Palomo Acosta
In The Season Of Change by Teresa Palomo Acosta
It Is An Exquisite Fading Away, I Think by Teresa Palomo Acosta
Today The Pomegranate Tree Was In Bloom by Teresa Palomo Acosta
Marta Alvarado, History Professor by Marjorie Agosin
Titania's Creed by Marjorie Agosin
Umiliana Cardenas, Fisher-poet by Marjorie Agosin
Audition by Julia Alvarez
The Dashboard Virgencita by Julia Alvarez
Dusting by Julia Alvarez
Homecoming by Julia Alvarez
The Cannibal's Cancion by Gloria Anzaldua
Cihuatlyotl, Woman Alone by Gloria Anzaldua
La Curandera by Gloria Anzaldua
To A Linguist Studying Discourse Strategies Of Bilingual by Miriam Bornstein
Una Pequena Contribucion by Miriam Bornstein
The Things That Happen To Men In New York by Giannina Braschi
Decolonizing The Mind by Norma E. Cantu
Trojan Horse by Norma E. Cantu
In My Country by Ana Castillo
Ixtacihuatl Died In Vain by Ana Castillo
Someone Told Me by Ana Castillo
You Are Real As Earth, Y Mas by Ana Castillo
At Home In The World by Rosemary Catacalos
Insufficient Light by Rosemary Catacalos
Morning Geography by Rosemary Catacalos
A Silk Blouse by Rosemary Catacalos
Beneath The Shadow Of The Freeway by Lorna Dee Cervantes
Bird Ave by Lorna Dee Cervantes
Lapiz Azul by Lorna Dee Cervantes
On Love And Hunger by Lorna Dee Cervantes
The Crow's Bride by Lisa D. Chavez
Wild Horses by Lisa D. Chavez
Once Again I Prove The Theory Of Relativity by Sandra Cisneros
With Lorenzo At The Center Of The Universe, El Zocalo by Sandra Cisneros
You Bring Out The Mexican In Me by Sandra Cisneros
Absolution In The New Year by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Saint Rose Of Lima by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Who Will Not Be Vanquished by Judith Ortiz Cofer
Intimate Memory by Lucha Corpi
Sonata In Two Voices by Lucha Corpi
Town Square by Lucha Corpi
Balsero Singing by Silvia Curbelo
If You Need A Reason by Silvia Curbelo
Photograph Of My Parents by Silvia Curbelo
For Marsha by Angela De Hoyos
La Malinche To Cortges And Vice Versa by Angela De Hoyos
La Vie: I Never Said It Was Simple by Angela De Hoyos
Lesson In Semantics by Angela De Hoyos
Conceptual Art by Rosario Ferre
Negative by Rosario Ferre
Positive by Rosario Ferre
Penance? by Alicia Galvan
Skin by Alicia Galvan
Frida In The Nude by Victoria Garcia-galaviz
Malintzin - Marina by Victoria Garcia-galaviz
Beggar On The Cordoba Bridge by Alicia Gaspar De Alba
Domingo Means Scrubbing by Alicia Gaspar De Alba
La Frontera by Alicia Gaspar De Alba
La Cama De Esperanza by Celeste Guzman
La Tia Que Nunca Come Azucar by Celeste Guzman
The Burning God by Sheila Sanchez Hatch
Coatlicue by Sheila Sanchez Hatch
Notes On Why Misogyny Is An Art Form by Sheila Sanchez Hatch
One Woman's Journey by Maya Islas
Cuando Se Habla De Nombres by Maria Limon
The Leaving by Rita Magdaleno
Night Flight by Rita Magdaleno
Nativity: For Two Salvadoran Women, 1986-1987 by Demetria Martinez
To Keep Back The Cold by Demetria Martinez
Bilingual Christmas by Pat Mora
Curandera by Pat Mora
La Buena Pastora: The Good Shepherdess by Pat Mora
La Migra by Pat Mora
Sonrisas by Pat Mora
The Border, She Is A Woman by Elvia Padilla
Leave Her For Me by Elvia Padilla
Woman As A River by Elvia Padilla
Moon Phases by Anabella Paiz
A Cartography Of Passions by Deborah Paredez
Converging Boundary by Deborah Paredez
Poem To Praise Worms by Teresinka Pereira
Blue Madonna by Cecile Pineda
On Seeing Vermeer's Geographer by Cecile Pineda
Aliens by Pina Pipino
White Scarves by Pina Pipino
Always Fishing by Nicole Pollentier
Keeper Of The Word by Nicole Pollentier
Lament Of The Terrorist by Beatriz Rivera
History Revisited: In Quebec, With A Friend by Eliana Suarez Rivero
Three For Two by Eliana Suarez Rivero
Frida by Carmen Gimenez Rosello
Plaza De Armas, Lima by Carmen Gimenez Rosello
Mali by Beverly Sanchez-padilla
Laredo by Raquel Valle Senties
La Malinche by Carmen Tafolla
Mujeres Del Rebozo Rojo by Carmen Tafolla
New Song by Carmen Tafolla
Porfiria by Carmen Tafolla
Marker by Sheila Ortiz Taylor
The Way Back by Sheila Ortiz Taylor
The Hands by Gina Valdez
Spells by Gina Valdez
Cante Jondo by Gloria Vando
In The Crevices Of Night by Gloria Vando
Santa Fe Journey: 2. Los Alamos by Gloria Vando
Santa Fe Journey: 3. Promesas by Gloria Vando
Bad Hair by Enedina Casarez Vasquez
Apprenticeship by Evangelina Vigil-pinon
Corazon En La Palma by Evangelina Vigil-pinon
Crimson The Color by Evangelina Vigil-pinon
The Hands Of Time by Evangelina Vigil-pinon
Lo Hondo by Evangelina Vigil-pinon
Delicious Death by Alma Luz Villanueva
Even The Eagles Must Gather by Alma Luz Villanueva
Warrior In The Sand by Alma Luz Villanueva
Contraries by Bernice Zamora
Glint by Bernice Zamora
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books; First edition (March 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140588930
• ISBN-13: 978-0140588934
• Product Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,369,164 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)