Contents
Introduction
Hydra House
No Place Like Home
Luis Omar Salinas
Falling in Love with Enamoramiento
Marguerite Duras
Huipiles
Vivan los Muertos
Straw into Gold
A Tango for Astor
Only Daughter
Letter to Gwendolyn Brooks
My Wicked Wicked Ways
Who Wants Stories Now
La Casa Que Canta
Mercè Rodoreda
The House on Mango Street’s Tenth Birthday
I Can Live Sola and I Love to Work
Tapicero’s Daughter
Guadalupe the Sex Goddess
¡Que Vivan los Colores!
Tenemos Layaway, or, How I Became an Art Collector
An Ofrenda for My Father on Day of the Dead
Un Poquito de Tu Amor
Eduardo Galeano
Infinito Botánica
El Pleito/The Quarrel
To Seville, with Love
A White Flower
Señor Cappuccino
Natural Daughter
A Girl Called Daydreamer
A House of My Own
An Ofrenda for My Mother
Resurrections
Ten Thousand
The Author Responds to Your Letter Requesting My Book Be Banned from the School Library
The Girl Who Became a Saint: Teresa Urrea
Chavela Vargas: Una Mujer Muy Mujer
Chocolate and Donuts
Akumal
A Borrowed House
Epilogue: Mi Casa Es Su Casa
Pilón: Infinito
Resting Place/Descanso