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Call me Maria -- Like the first flower -- Letter to Miami -- Scenes from my island past: Beginning of Maria Alegre/Maria Triste -- Memory of Maria Alegre -- Flowering -- Where I am now: Tides, the treasure, and the trash -- Here comes Barrioman -- Spanglish for you and maybe for me -- Spanish class, a lesson in el amor -- Letter to Mami -- Letter to Maria -- Papi-lindo, fifth floor -- More than you know Sabes? -- King of the barrio -- Super-hombre -- Letter to Maria -- What my father likes to eat -- Picture of whoopee -- Dona segura, costurera, third floor -- Bombay, San Juan, and Katmandu -- Golden English: Lessons one and two and two-and-a-half -- American dream -- Power of the Papi-lindo -- Exciting English: I am a poet! She exclaimed -- Letter to Mami, not sent -- American beauty -- Crime in the barrio -- Love in America -- Life sciences: Poem as seen under the microscope -- English declaration: I am the subject of a sentence -- After school, I hear whoopee -- "Silent Night" in Spanish and two glamour shots of my island grandmother -- Math class: Sharing the pie -- Abuela's winter visit -- Abuela's island lament: One-act play -- Who are you today, Maria? -- Translating Abuela: I know who I am -- Translating Abuela's journal: Ice age -- Translating Abuela's journal: After I take her to the museum and the theater -- Translating Abuela's journal: Final entry -- English: I am the simple subject -- My Papi-Azul and me, the brown iguana -- Rent party -- There go the barrio women -- My mother, the rain, el fin -- My father changing colors -- Papi-Azul sings "Asi son las mujeres" -- Seeing red: Asi son los hombres -- Confessions of a non-native speaker. |
