Creative Writing
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/5660
2024-03-29T09:02:29ZNot this prig
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/202377
Not this prig
Pengilly, C.
My title might require a very few explanatory notes, as might some other aspects of this project. Its source is obvious to the small group of people who are likely to see it. Although the Twentieth Century is far from my favorite poetical period, I feel obligated to point out that, in my humble opinion, said source is among the best of its a-poetical de-versification; no other conclusion can be drawn from my inability to resist a catchy phrase here. If I thought that this would be read by more than the four people who have already obligated themselves to do so, or that there were the remotest chance that it could burst the bonds of our Fresno, I would certainly give it a more universal title: Gruntapaedia, I think. This would be intended to suggest two things -- one obvious, one correct. I should like the first, which might be seen as an abbreviated form of "Encyclopedia of Grunt, " to carry almost all of the burden. Actually though, the suffix "-paedia" suggests instruction rather than cataloguing: as in Sterne's "Tristra-paedia, " which is intended for the edification of Tristram. I would prefer to minimize the weight that this second interpretation might carry. These stories are arranged in chronological order of first writing, but overlap in that respect as well as in content. I think I would rather consider them, taken together, to be closer to the novel (some continuous form at least) than to the usual accumulation of stories -gruntapaedia, as a matter of fact, might be a more appropriate name for my genre than either, as well as the real title of my project. Perhaps the most crucial disagreement that has developed in the submission of these stories has been over the spelling of the word "hugar. It is not to be found in any dictionary in this area, slang or standard, so I have managed to retain the form I prefer; notice also that it can claim a little strength in rhyming with "sugar, while "booger," "bugger, " "boogar, " etc. lack even that support.
1972-01-01T00:00:00ZBorder Crossings: a collection of poems
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/202374
Border Crossings: a collection of poems
Pape, Greg
Collection of poems
1972-01-01T00:00:00ZNicola
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/195706
Nicola
Zepeda, Josephine R
En una confesion dentro de otra confesion, mi amigo me relato una experiencia de su vida privada con una dama. Una senora penetro la carcel lugubre del confesionario, turbada, luchando con sf misma, por sue hechoe, el querer vomitar los pecados que roian el espiritu, la forzo al confesionario. Que confesion mas absurda de amorios vividos! Parece que no fue asi. Pue como un suefio. Ella tuvo que deshechar lo que Ms queria y deseaba, diciendo lo siguiente al padre.
1971-01-01T00:00:00ZMusic, memory, and waiting: living life in a series of lines
http://hdl.handle.net/10211.3/195041
Music, memory, and waiting: living life in a series of lines
Huertaz, Jacqueline A
This collection of essays explores culture and acculturation. The way identity begins, evolves, and forms around so much that is complicated: family (close, extended, ancestral), friends, relationships, the luck of draw, random biological imperatives, and sheer determination. No heroes or villains, just real individuals with complicated backstories and inclinations.
The settings of these stories take place in a Mexican Barrio known as “North Side” of Visalia located in the heart of California’s Central Valley. The stories capture what it means for a growing family to live on the “poor side” of town to move to the “rich side” of town. A family that has to deal with pre-disposed roles, to be limited by class and culture, yet are still able to find meaning and even transcendence within these boundaries. Music and cruising are identified as forms of escape and a way to bond and bridge gaps between family and friends.
More importantly, these essays are about the working class experiences from the perspective of Mexican Americans living in the Central Valley from the 1940s to present day
2017-05-01T00:00:00Z