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Red hot salsa : bilingual poems on being young and Latino in the United States
Carlson, Lori M.
Teen Nonfiction PS591.H58 R43 2005
Carlson, Lori M.
Teen Nonfiction PS591.H58 R43 2005
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| Contents | Page |
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| Editor's Note | p. xi |
| Introduction | p. xv |
| Language, idenlily | |
| Spanish: El espanol | p. 2 |
| I Am from Quisquella la Bella: Soy de Quisquella la bella | p. 8 |
| The Hands: Las manos | p. 10 |
| My Shortest Food Poem: Mi poema a la comida mas corto | p. 14 |
| I Am Who I Am, So What: Soy como soy y que | p. 16 |
| My Graduation Speech | p. 22 |
| Invisible Boundaries: Limites invisibles | p. 24 |
| Neighborhoods | |
| New in New York: Nueva en Nueva York | p. 28 |
| Beloved Spic: Amado Spic | p. 30 |
| Armitage Street: Calle Armitage | p. 32 |
| Life in el Barrio: La vida en el barrio | p. 36 |
| Leaving Ybor City: Dejando Ybor City | p. 40 |
| Tumbling Through My Tumbaburro | p. 46 |
| Calling All Chamacos! | p. 47 |
| Amor | |
| Love: amor | p. 50 |
| Fill My World with Music: Llena mi mundo con musica | p. 52 |
| Your Eyes: Tus ojos | p. 54 |
| First Kiss: El primer beso | p. 58 |
| El Parpadeo: El parpadeo | p. 60 |
| In Virginia Woods Near Leesburg: En los bosques de Virginia cerca de Lessburg | p. 62 |
| Prom Poem for Jorge Barroso: Poema de baile de graduacion para Jorge Barroso | p. 66 |
| Upon Knowing You: Al conocerte | p. 70 |
| Bilingual Love Poem: Poema de amor bilingue | p. 72 |
| Family moments, memories | |
| Tia Chucha: Tia Chucha | p. 76 |
| Martin and My Father: Martin y mi padre | p. 82 |
| Dead Pig's Revenge: La venganza del chancho muerto | p. 86 |
| At a Peach Orchard in Virginia: En una granja de duraznos en Virginia | p. 96 |
| The Pinata Painted with a Face Like Mine: La pinata pintada con una cara como la mia | p. 100 |
| Saturdays Set Within Memory: Sabado aferrado a la memoria | p. 104 |
| This Is for Mamacita: Esto es para mamacita | p. 106 |
| Victory | |
| Triumph: El triunfo | p. 112 |
| In a Minute: En un minuto | p. 114 |
| Piece by Piece: Pedazo a pedazo | p. 116 |
| Ode to the Tortilla: Oda a la tortilla | p. 118 |
| The Journey That We Are: El viaje que somos | p. 122 |
| Look to the Sun: Mira al sol | p. 124 |
| For Bert Corona | p. 126 |
| Glossary | p. 127 |
| Biographical Notes | p. 133 |
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