Most readers and critics view Mexican American writing as a subset of American literatureÑor at best as a stream running parallel to the main literary current.

Tomàs Rivera quite possibly has been the most influential voice in Chicano literature. Besides his masterpiece, ƒy no se lo tragÑ la tierra / ƒAnd the Earth

"The energy. The clarity. The beauty. Elisabet Velasquez brings it all. . . . Her voice is FIRE!"—NYT bestselling and award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson

Step into a world where love defies the confines of societal norms and prejudice in When We Love, the alternative happy ending to the young adult sweet romance

Thirty Hispanic stories by women writers. They range from Mary Ponce's Just Desserts, about a woman whose date turns sour, to Lucha Corpi's Epiphany: The Third