Chicano Literature

Houston Houston – SPECIAL NAVIDAD SHOPPING GUIDE EDITION – Arts – page 1 – Houston Press

This weeks Ask A Mexican! column is about one of my favorite topics, books. In fact he lists a few books that I read and encountered this semester.

• Pocho, José Antonio Villarreal
• North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of the United States, Carey McWilliams
• Aztlán & Viet Nam: Chicano and Chicana Experiences of the Wars so [gabachos] learn that our gente fight in their wars.
• Also, fiction by Tomás Rivera, (…And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him)
• Dagoberto Gilb (the collection called Gritos)
• and Alejandro Morales (The Brick People).

Thanks to Dr. Creighton at UHD, I have a better understanding of the vast array of Chicano literature that IS there. In addition to those listed I would recommend:

• Under the Feet of Jesus- Helena Maria Viramontez
• Hecho En Tejas – Dagoberto Gilb
• La Relacion – Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca
• Broken Spears – Ed. Miguel Leon-Portilla
• The Shadow – Americo Paredes

There were more, but that is all I am listing now. It is a good start.