Short Fiction by Hispanic Writers of the United States

This book is made possible through a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency), the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Arte Público Press
University of Houston
Houston, Texas 77204-2090

Cover design by Mark Piñón
Original painting by Alejandro Romero:
“Comediante,” Copyright © 1990

Short fiction by Hispanic writers of the United States / edited by Nicolás Kanellos.

p. cm.

ISBN 1-55885-044-9: $15.00

1. American Fiction—Hispanic American authors. 2. Hispanic Americans—
Fiction. 3. Short stories, American. I. Kanellos, Nicolás. II. Title.

PS647.H58S48 1992


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