Table of Contents
Introduction 3
Hydra House 9
No Place Like Home 34
Luis Omar Salinas 41
Falling in Love with Enamoramiento 49
Marguerite Duras 53
Huipiles 56
Vivan los Muertos 66
Straw into Gold 73
A Tango for Astor 84
Only Daughter 91
Letter to Gwendolyn Brooks 96
My Wicked Wicked Ways 99
Who Wants Stories Now 105
La Casa Que Canta 113
Mercè Rodoreda 117
The House on Mango Street's Tenth Birthday 124
I Can Live Sola and I Love to Work 132
Tapicero's Daughter 141
Guadalupe the Sex Goddess 160
Que Vivan los Colores! 170
Tenemos Layaway, or, How I Became an Art Collector 177
An Ofrenda for My Father on Day of the Dead 191
Un Poquito de Tu Amor 198
Eduardo Galeano 206
Infinito Botánica 215
El Pleito / The Quarrel 219
To Seville, with Love 226
A White Flower 235
Señor Cappuccino 240
Natural Daughter 245
A Girl Called Daydreamer 265
A House of My Own 270
An Ofrenda for My Mother 289
Resurrections 298
Ten Thousand 303
The Author Responds to Your Letter Requesting My Book Be Banned from the School Library 307
The Girl Who Became a Saint: Teresa Urrea 312
Chavela Vargas: Una Mujer Muy Mujer 325
Chocolate and Donuts 331
Akumal 337
A Borrowed House 341
Epilogue: Mi Casa Es Su Casa 350
Pilón: Infinito 371
Resting Place/Descanso 375
Acknowledgments 377