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Born in April 12, 1952 / United States / English

Furtherreading

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FURTHER READINGS ABOUT THE AUTHOR: BOOKS
  • Bruce-Novoa, Juan, Chicano Poetry: A Response to Chaos, University of Texas Press (Austin, TX), 1982.
  • Children's Literature Review, Volume 38, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), 1996.
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), Volume 32, 1985, Volume 80, 1994.
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 82: Chicano Writers, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), 1989.
  • Hispanic Literature Criticism, Thomson Gale (Detroit, MI), 1994.
PERIODICALS
  • American Book Review, July-August, 1982.
  • Americas Review, spring, 1991, Hector Torres, review of A Summer Life, pp. 111-115.
  • Bloomsbury Review, January-February, 1987, Alicia Fields, "Small but Telling Moments," p. 10.
  • Booklist, April 1, 1992, Hazel Rochman, review of A Fire in My Hands, pp. 1437-1438; September 15, 1993, Hazel Rochman, review of Too Many Tamales, p. 151; June 1, 1995, review of Boys at Work, p. 1773; October 1, 1995, Hazel Rochman, review of Canto Familiar, p. 312; March 15, 1998, Hazel Rochman, review of Petty Crimes, p. 1245; October 1, 1999, Annie Ayres, review of Nerdlandia: A Play, p. 349; November 1, 1999, Karen Harris, review ofPacific Crossing, p. 549; February 15, 2000, James O'Laughlin, review of Nickel and Dime, p. 1085; August, 2000, Gillian Engberg, review of Chato and the Party Animals, p. 2150; November 1, 2000, Hazel Rochman, review of The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy: Recollections and Short Essays, p. 512; November 15, 2000, Hazel Rochman, review of Jessie de la Cruz: Profile of a United Farm Worker, p. 633; August, 2003, Ilene Cooper, review of The Afterlife, p. 1981; December 15, 2003, Carolyn Phelan, review of Cesar Chavez: A Hero for Everyone, p. 748; March 15, 2005, Hazel Rochman, review of Worlds Apart: Traveling with Fernie and Me, p. 129; May 1, 2005, Linda Perkins, review of Help Wanted, p. 1581, and Gillian Engberg, review of Chato Goes Cruisin', p. 1593; January 1, 2006, Gillian Engberg, review of Accidental Love, p. 86; March 1, 2006, Jennifer Mattson, review of My Little Car/Mi cerrito, p. 99; April 1, 2006, Hazel Rochman, review of A Fire in My Hands, p. 31.
  • Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books, April, 1990, Roger Sutton, review of Baseball in April and Other Stories, p. 199.
  • Christian Science Monitor, March 6, 1985, Tom D'Evelyn, review of Black Hair.
  • Denver Quarterly, summer, 1982.
  • Horn Book, March, 1992, review of A Fire in My Hands, p. 216; May, 1992, review of Neighborhood Odes, p. 352; November-December, 1992, Ellen Fader, review of Pacific Crossing, pp. 725-726; July-August, 2002, Nell D. Beram, review of If the Shoe Fits, p. 451, and Roger Sutton, review of Fearless Fernie: Hanging out with Fernie and Me, p. 480; November-December, 2003, Lauren Adams, review of The Afterlife, p. 755; May-June, 2005, Peter D. Sieruta, review of Help Wanted, p. 333, and Roger Sutton, review of Worlds Apart, p. 344; July-August, 2005, Christine M. Heppermann, review of Chato Goes Cruisin', p. 459.
  • Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy, November, 2003, James Blasingame, review of The Afterlife, p. 269.
  • Kirkus Reviews, April 1, 1993, review of Local News, p. 464; June 15, 1993, review of The Pool Party, p. 792; April 1, 1997, review of Buried Onions, p. 1229; March 1, 1998, review of Petty Crimes, p. 345; October 15, 2000, review of The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy, pp. 1469-1470; April 15, 2005, review of Chato Goes Cruisin', p. 482; May 1, 2005, review of Help Wanted, p. 547; December 15, 2005, review of Accidental Love, p. 1327; March 1, 2006, review of My Little Car, p. 240.
  • Kliatt, September, 2003, Michele Winship, review of The Afterlife, p. 13.
  • Library Journal, December, 1999, Harold Augenbraum, review of Nickel and Dime, p. 190.
  • Los Angeles Times Book Review, August 5, 1990, Ernesto Trejo, "Memories of a Fresno Boyhood," pp. 1, 9; August 15, 1993, Suzanne Curley, "A Better Place to Live," p. 8.
  • Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May, 2004, Michelle West, review of The Afterlife, p. 32.
  • Multicultural Review, June, 1993, Osbelia Juarez Rocha, review of Pacific Crossing, pp. 76, 78.
  • Nation, June 7, 1993, pp. 772-774.
  • NEA Today, November, 1992, p. 9.
  • New York Times Book Review, October 11, 1981, Alan Cheuse, "The Voices of Chicano," pp. 15, 36-37; August 20, 1990, Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria, "Growing up North of the Border," p. 45.
  • Parnassus, fall-winter, 1979, Peter Cooley, review of The Tale of Sunlight.
  • Poetry, March, 1980, Alan Williamson, "In a Middle Style," pp. 348-354; June, 1985.
  • Publishers Weekly, March 4, 1988, review of Lesser Evils, p. 102; March 23, 1992, review of Neighborhood Odes, p. 74; August 24, 1992, review of The Skirt, p. 80; April 12, 1993, review of Local News, p. 64; August 16, 1993, p. 103; January 31, 1994, review of Crazy Weekend, p. 90; February 6, 1995, review of Chato's Kitchen, pp. 84-85; January 20, 1997, review of Snapshots from the Wedding, p. 401; December 8, 1997, review of Off and Running, p. 74; April 26, 1999, Joanne M. Hammond, review of Pacific Crossing, p. 55; February 14, 2000, review of Nickel and Dime, p. 175; April 24, 2006, review of My Little Car, p. 60.
  • Revista Chicano-Riqueña, summer, 1983.
  • Rocky Mountain Review, Volume 41, numbers 1-2, 1987, Raymund Paredes, "Recent Chicano Fiction," pp. 126-128.
  • San Francisco Review of Books, summer, 1986, Geoffrey Dunn, review of Living up the Street, p. 11.
  • School Library Journal, November, 1991, Bruce Anne Shook, review of Taking Sides, p. 124; March, 1992, Barbara Chatton, review of A Fire in My Hands, p. 264; May, 1992, Renee Steinberg, review of Neighborhood Odes, p. 128; June, 1995, Rosie Peasley, review of Boys at Work, p. 113; July, 1995, review of Chato's Kitchen, p. 69; July, 2000, Ann Welton, review of Chato and the Party Animals, p. 88; November, 2003, Francisca Goldsmith, review of The Afterlife, p. 148; January, 2004, John Sigwald, review of Cesar Chavez, p. 123; March, 2005, Nina Lindsay, review of Worlds Apart, p. 234; May, 2005, Diane P. Tuccillo, review of Help Wanted: Stories, p. 139; June, 2005, Angela J. Reynolds, review of Chato Goes Cruisin', p. 128; July, 2005, Coop Renner, review of Taking Sides, p. 45; January, 2006, Miranda Doyle, review of Accidental Love, p. 143; June, 2006, Maria Otero-Boisvert, review of My Little Car, p. 145.
  • Voice Literary Supplement, September, 1985, Ellen Lesser, review of Black Hair.
  • Voice of Youth Advocates, April, 1995, Maura Bresnahan, review of Summer on Wheels, pp. 27-28.
  • Western American Literature, spring, 1979, Jerry Bradley, review of The Elements of San Joaquin; May, 1989, Gerald Haslam, review of Lesser Evils, pp. 92-93.
OTHER
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