LEADER 03590nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910974881303321 005 20250704110839.0 010 $a9781611926408 010 $a1611926408 010 $a9781611920642 010 $a1611920647 035 $a(CKB)2550000000102190 035 $a(OCoLC)794493300 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10556391 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000644835 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11390955 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000644835 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10680075 035 $a(PQKB)10585695 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3115211 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10556391 035 $a(OCoLC)922965486 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3115211 035 $a(Perlego)2968688 035 $a(NyNyDIG)DIGARTEP0085 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000102190 100 $a20030226d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aspa 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aArturo Islas $ethe uncollected works /$fArturo Islas ; edited, with a critical introduction, by Frederick Luis Aldama 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aHouston $cArte Publico Press$dc2003 215 $a1 online resource (288 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781558853683 311 08$a1558853685 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. xxxviii-xli). 327 $aIntro -- Cover page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- EARLY FICTIONS. 330 8 $aProlific poet, essayist, and short story writer, Arturo Islas (1938-1991) is well known for his two insightful novels, The Rain God and Migrant Souls. His untimely death to AIDS truncated a productive and influential career that has left a yawning gap in Latino letters. Islas was a dedicated, thoughtful, and style-conscious writer, who promoted a sense of responsibility to community and art for both writers and critics. The quality of his commitment was matched by the example he set in delving into the esthetics and psychology of gay creativity, an exploration that took him to uncompromising confrontations with his own traditional upbringing. Islas has made his mark as a writer of the U.S.-Mexico border and a leader at the forefront of exploring more social, psychological and philosophical boundaries. As a Chicano from El Paso, as a gay Latino writer, Islas surmounted many boundaries, borders and established roles; in this, he is a standard-bearer for all of Latino literature. A seasoned scholar and professor in the English Department at Stanford University for most of his professional life, Islas maintained an extensive collection of works, records, and papers. The present volume is the product of another Stanford graduate, Frederick Luis Aldama, who combed through the Islas archive and recovered the short fiction, poetry, and essays on Chicano letters that Islas did not have the opportunity to publish. Aldama has organized these materials and edited them so that they may be accessible and "broaden the vision of Arturo Islas as writer and thinker." 517 3 $aUncollected works 606 $aMexican Americans$vLiterary collections 606 $aShort stories, Mexican 615 0$aMexican Americans 615 0$aShort stories, Mexican. 676 $a818/.5409 700 $aIslas$b Arturo$f1938-1991.$01808430 701 $aAldama$b Frederick Luis$f1969-$0855054 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910974881303321 996 $aArturo Islas$94358662 997 $aUNINA