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Amnesia in a Republican County

Silver Mendez, a veteran Chicano poet, finds himself in predicaments involving a Baptist college, the president's wife, and even selling drugs. All this comes to light as he tries to recover his memory lost in a mishap with a typewriter.                 

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Black Hair

Soto's fourth volume of poetry in which he fondly remembers his family and friends.

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The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy

This collection features the much-lauded essays "The Jacket" and "Like Mexicans", along with new essays such as "Childhood Worries, or Why I Became a Writer", "Getting It Done", and the title essay.

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Gary Soto: New and Selected Poems

Poems from six of his previous 13 books (The Tale of Sunlight; Home Course in Religion) and a sampling of new material define a youth of gritty determination and chronicle an ongoing negotiation with God

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Junior College

These poems of Chicano life trace a trajectory of deepening ethnicity, documenting the Mexican American heritage and emphasize higher education's role in expanding options.

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A Natural Man

This poetry anthology offers a photographic glimpse into the lives of California's Chicanos.

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Nickel and Dime

Three short stories: We ain't asking much -- Literary life -- The untimely passing of the clock radio.

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One Kind of Faith

In this new collection of poems, Gary Soto once again displays his impressive poetic range--funny, sad, urbane, naive.

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Pieces of the Heart:  New Chicano Fiction

This anthology of short works includes stories by Alberto Ríos, Sandra Cisneros, Daniel Cano, Mary Helen Ponce, Danny Romero, Guy García, and Edna Escamill, among others.

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Poetry Lover

Silver Mendez, fictional Chicano poet, rekindles a romance from the 1960s despite his hard-scrabble, hand-to-mouth existence.

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