Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction / Jesús Rosales and Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez
Part I. “La Plonqui”: Writer and Academic
1. Reflections on My Legacy as a Writer and Academic / Margarita Cota-Cárdenas
2. The First Time Ever I Saw Her Face: Margarita and Me / Kirsten F. Nigro
3. Interview with Margarita Cota-Cárdenas / Jesús Rosales and Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez
Part II. Essays
4. Breve reflexión sobre la obra de Margarita Cota-Cárdenas / Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs
5. The Bittersweet Nostalgia of Childhood in the Poetry of Margarita Cota-Cárdenas / Tey Diana Rebolledo
6. Taboo or Not Taboo: Violence, Abuse, and the Search for Memory and Healing in Margarita Cota-Cárdenas’s Santuarios del corazón / Manuel M. Martín-Rodríguez
7. Las Travesuras de la Chicana Macana: Margarita Cota-Cárdenas’s Playful Language as a Critique of Machismo in Noches despertando inConciencias / Laura Elena Belmonte
8. El mestizaje lingüístico y sus manifestaciones socioculturales en Puppet de Margarita Cota-Cárdenas / Javier Villarreal
9. Puppet and Sanctuaries of the Heart: Fictional Testimonios / Carolyn González
10. Sowing Seeds of Hope and Liberation: Critical Flower Songs of Renacimiento in Marchitas de mayo / José R. Flores
11. Chicanidad, Querencia, and a Voice of Justice: Margarita Cota-Cárdenas, ¡Presente! / Margarita E. Pignataro
12. Making Peace with Ghosts in Sanctuaries of the Heart / Charles St-Georges
Part III. Creative Works
13. Épica fronteriza mechicana: Por esta piel que llevo / Margarita Cota-Cárdenas
14. La gente de los girasoles / Margarita Cota-Cárdenas
15. Margarita’s Five (Un)answered Questions / Margarita Cota-Cárdenas
Bibliography
Contributors
Index