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LETTERS: Amy Musher (Chief); Gloria J. Hammond (Deputy); Marian Powers (Administration...
Anyone familiar with Latino writing will be impressed by the distinguished authors included; the all-star cast includes such notables as Oscar Hijuelos, Gloria Anzaldua, Jesus Colon and Rudolfo Anaya. But this book is only an introduction to the prose of these talented writers and often omits some of their best and most representative work...
...example, Sandra Cisnero's" The Monkey Garden" deals with the discovery of a sexuality--an unusual choice for an author who more consistently deals with issues of race and ethnicity. Growing Up Latino also leaves out some influential writers. Gloria Anzaldua is the only established lesbian writer included here, the very out and outspoken Cherrie Moraga and Sheila Ortiz-Taylor are omitted. This glaring oversight neglects one of the most significant strains in contemporary Latino literature...
...characters parade the carnival of artifice and wit. But the eighties are still with us. Toward the end of the first act, with delicious poise and speckled by light bouncing off a disco ball, Princess Diana Loneliness, played by Bart St. St. Clair, quips a triumphant line from Gloria Gaynor's classic " I Will Survive," which has taken on new and unforseen meanings in the era of AIDS...
LETTERS: Amy Musher (Chief); Gloria J. Hammond (Deputy); Marian Powers (Administration...