Ryan Garcia Garcia itibaren 33199 Mieres, Asturias, Spanien itibaren 33199 Mieres, Asturias, Spanien

random sampling: Would you rather... have a job cleaning out silverware in your mouth? OR cleaning golf balls in your mouth? always have a little green piece of spinach stuck between your front teeth? OR always have a little booger that moves when you breathe? be able to talk with all animals? OR speak all foreign languages? eat a peanut butter and jelly sandwich from a tub of peanut butter that a big, sweaty grown-up just walked barefoot through? OR eat a bowl of ice cream that a woman with bad dandruff just shook her head over?

I love this collection of short stories. It was published long ago but still offers rich, innovating storytelling that most newer Chicana/o writers can't seem to properly recreate. Most of the stories are told in a non-linear manner, and require that readers "think outside the box" (e.g., what if when we die the moths that have been eating away at our soul fly out?). They are also poignant stories that capture the inner lives of women and present the competing issues that define these lives. Most of all, I wish more people would read works like this collection if they are interested in Chicana/o & Latina/o literature. These are stories are much more real than so many of those stereotypical tales that tend to sell big.