5. The Working World: Sweating Under a New Sun

Fiction

  • Norma Cantú: “Se me enchina el cuerpo al oír tu cuento”.

  • Cristina Garcia: “Tito’s Goodbye”.

  • Dagoberto Gilb: “Al in Phoenix”.

  • Ray Gonzalez, "Invisible Country".

  • Alberto Rios: “The Child”.

  • Helena Maria Viramontes: “The Cariboo Café”.

Poetry

  • Julia Alvarez: “Woman’s Work”.

  • Jimmy Santiago Baca: “Work We Hate and Dreams We Love”.

  • Martín Espada: “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper”.

“Jorge the Church Janitor Finally Quits”.

“Federico’s Ghost”.

  • Diana Garcia: “When Living Was a Labor Camp Called Montgomery”.

  • Jose B. Gonzalez: “Because No One Should Say ‘Chávez Who?’”.

  • Carolina Hospital: “Blake in the Tropics”.

  • Luis J. Rodriguez: “Hungry”.

  • Gary Soto: "The Elements of San Joaquin".

  • “Mexicans Begin Jogging.

Essay.

  • Jose Antonio Burciaga: “Pachucos and the Taxi Cab Brigade”.

  • Broader Horizons: Resources for Writing and Class Discussion.

  • Literary Critical Essay/Discussion Topics.

  • The Novel Connection (List of Novelists).

  • The Film Connection.

  • Thematic Connection Listing.