LEADER 03641nam 2200613Ia 450 001 9910955687103321 005 20250226110029.0 010 $a9781611924237 010 $a1611924235 010 $a9781611924275 010 $a1611924278 035 $a(CKB)2550000000101998 035 $a(EBL)3115202 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000648099 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11456538 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000648099 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10597833 035 $a(PQKB)10703311 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3115202 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3115202 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10556382 035 $a(OCoLC)922965387 035 $a(MiFhGG)9781611924275 035 $a(Perlego)2968642 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000101998 100 $a20110908d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 12$aA voice of my own $eessays and stories /$fRolando Hinojosa ; with an introduction by Hector Calderon 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHouston, TX $cArte Publico Press$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (160 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781558857124 311 08$a1558857125 327 $a""Cover page ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""Introduction ""; ""Essays "" 330 8 $aRaised on the northern bank of the Ri?o Grande in South Texas, acclaimed author Rolando Hinojosa attended Mexican and American schools as a child and has lived in both cultures throughout his life. "One language supplanted the other for a while, " he writes, "but eventually they balanced each other out." His schooling contributed to an awareness of differences and similarities in those around him, and led to his search for "a personal voice, which was to become my public voice." Author of the acclaimed Klail City Death Trip series of novels, which examines relations between Mexican Americans and Anglo Americans in the fictional Rio Grande Valley town of Klail City, Texas, Hinojosa muses on various aspects of writing in these 14 essays. Topics include the decision to write in English or Spanish, the problem of writer's block and the development of story ideas and characters. Other essays cover personal issues, such as memories of his father and his love of reading and its impact on his life, and scholarly subjects such as the development of Chicano and ethnic literature. Four of Hinojosa's short stories are included in this volume, and as is typical of Hinojosa's life and work, some of the pieces are in English and others are in Spanish. But whether writing fiction or non-fiction, it is clear that his early life on the Texas-Mexico border was a driving force in his development as a man and a writer. As the narrator in " Es el agua " says, "It's the water, the Ri?o Grande water. It claims you, you understand? It's yours and you belong to it, too. No matter where we work, we always come back. To the border, to the Valley." With an introduction by UCLA scholar He?ctor Caldero?n, this collection written between 1982-2009 is required reading for anyone interested in Hinojosa's work and issues of assimilation, acculturation, border life and discrimination. 606 $aEssays 606 $aShort stories 615 0$aEssays. 615 0$aShort stories. 676 $a814/.54 700 $aHinojosa$b Rolando$01786908 701 $aCalderon$b Hector$0599937 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910955687103321 996 $aA voice of my own$94319422 997 $aUNINA