"A Mariner original."

Voces. Chango / Oscar Casares -- The visitor / Rane Arroyo -- Don Quixote in Spanglish / Ilan Stavans -- Tía Olivia serves Wallace Stevens a Cuban egg / Richard Blanco -- Agua pa' la gente / Hip Hop Hoodios -- Killer crónica / Susana Chávez-Silverman -- Pelos en la lengua / Giannina Braschi. Fronteras. Exiles / Juan Felipe Herrera -- La extranjera / Stephanie Elizondo Griest -- La cucaracha / Lalo Lopez Alcaraz -- The KKK comes to Hoppers / Hernandez Bros. -- Menú / The Parrot Club -- The people of paper / Salvador Plascencia -- Tomato potatoe, chalupa shaloopa / Dagoberto Gilb -- Practice tattoos / Michael Jaime-Becerra -- Godoy lives / Daniel Chacón -- Lexicon of exile / Aleida Rodríguez -- Tijuana cop / Luis Alberto Urrea -- The mission / Culture clash. Melodramas. Invasions, 1916 / Nelly Rosario -- Trace elements of random tea parties / Felicia Luna Lemas -- As island of illusions / Luisita López Torregrosa -- Mother Jones / Lila Downs -- Ashes / Cristina Henríquez -- Good as yesterday / Manuel Muñoz -- Loving Che / Ana Menéndez

"An entertaining, provocative and often exhilarating collection, Lengua Fresca celebrates some of the most original and cutting-edge work to emerge from the cultural collide that is Latino life in the United States. Featuring an eclectic mix of Latino writing--including fiction, journalism, essays, comics, and even cultural ephemera--this unique anthology showcases literature found in unexpected places. Selections include stories from Junot Diaz and Ana Lydia Vega; graphic pieces from the Hernandez brothers (creators of the groundbreaking comix Love and Rockets) and Lalo Alcaraz (creator of La Cucaracha); and essays by Michele Serros and Dagoberto Gilb on pop culture topics such as The George Lopez Show and Taco Bell. The growth of Spanglish, the lingua franca of Hispanic communities, is highlighted as well. Compiled by the editors of the classroom favorite Growing Up Latino, Lengua Fresca offers an unconventional window on a vibrant, quickly expanding culture"--Publisher's description