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crln-8448	Eberhart, George M.	New Publications	2010-10-01	2	.pdf	application/pdf	1137	53	59	Divided into six historical sections from “Colonization” (1537–1810) to “Into the mainstream” (1980 to the present), the editors manage to find space for writings by such diverse l u m i n a r i e s as the Span- ish explorers Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca and Garcilaso de la Vega; the soldier-poet Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá; Cuban patriot José Martí; po- ets William Carlos Williams, Miguel Algarín, and Martin Espada; novelists Oscar Hijuelos, Rudolfo A. Anaya, Isabel Allende, Reinaldo Arenas, and Luis Alberto Urrea; essayist/ac- tivist César Chávez; playwrights René Mar- qués, María Irene Fornés, Luis Valdez, Nilo Cruz, and José Rivera; and selections from cartoons, popular sayings, legends and sto- ries, and popular song from salsa to hip-hop. These essays examine the letters as examples of 19th-century gift culture, domestic meta- phor, condolence messages, shared views on books and literature, commentary on wom- en’s roles, veiled eroticism, and nuanced use of emphasis and alliteration.	cache/crln-8448.pdf	txt/crln-8448.txt