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"""Chávez-Silverman is doing nothing less than creating a new genre . . . through the only language capable of apprehending it: Spanglish as the new language of national becoming.""--Lázaro Lima, Bryn Mawr College ""By sharing her story in a stream-of-consciousness manner, Chavez-Silverman inspires readers to evaluate their perceptions of ethnicity, meanwhile highlighting the versatility of language.""--ForeWord ""In her book, Chavez-Silverman breaks out of 'proper' language and writes the way she speaks and hears language spoken. . . . She respects language, but isn't afraid to have a little fun."" --Open Salon ""These diverse passions--trees, men, perfume, astral signs, chronic panic attacks, an all-abiding love for friends and the sounds of the streets of San Francisco, all make her so endearing. After the alarums and diversions, it is these passions that drive her story . . . drive her . . . make it hard for those of us on either side of the border to ever be able to forget her y su poder.""--Carlos Amantea, The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities"

<p> These diverse passions--trees, men, perfume, astral signs, chronic panic attacks, an all-abiding love for friends and the sounds of the streets of San Francisco, all make her so endearing. After the alarums and diversions, it is these passions that drive her story . . . drive her . . . make it hard for those of us on either side of the border to ever be able to forget her y su poder. --Carlos Amantea, The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities

Chavez-Silverman is doing nothing less than creating a new genre . . . through the only language capable of apprehending it: Spanglish as the new language of national becoming. --Lazaro Lima, Bryn Mawr College Chavez-Silverman is doing nothing less than creating a new genre . . . through the only language capable of apprehending it: Spanglish as the new language of national becoming. Lazaro Lima, Bryn Mawr College These diverse passions--trees, men, perfume, astral signs, chronic panic attacks, an all-abiding love for friends and the sounds of the streets of San Francisco, all make her so endearing. After the alarums and diversions, it is these passions that drive her story . . . drive her . . . make it hard for those of us on either side of the border to ever be able to forget her y su poder. --Carlos Amantea, The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities By sharing her story in a stream-of-consciousness manner, Chavez-Silverman inspires readers to evaluate their perceptions of ethnicity, meanwhile highlighting the versatility of language. --ForeWord In her book, Chavez-Silverman breaks out of 'proper' language and writes the way she speaks and hears language spoken. . . . She respects language, but isn't afraid to have a little fun. --Open Salon These diverse passions trees, men, perfume, astral signs, chronic panic attacks, an all-abiding love for friends and the sounds of the streets of San Francisco, all make her so endearing. After the alarums and diversions, it is these passions that drive her story . . . drive her . . . make it hard for those of us on either side of the border to ever be able to forget her y su poder. Carlos Amantea, The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities By sharing her story in a stream-of-consciousness manner, Chavez-Silverman inspires readers to evaluate their perceptions of ethnicity, meanwhile highlighting the versatility of language. ForeWord In her book, Chavez-Silverman breaks out of proper language and writes the way she speaks and hears language spoken. . . . She respects language, but isn t afraid to have a little fun. Open Salon These diverse passions trees, men, perfume, astral signs, chronic panic attacks, an all-abiding love for friends and the sounds of the streets of San Francisco, all make her so endearing. After the alarums and diversions, it is these passions that drive her story . . . drive her . . . make it hard for those of us on either side of the border to ever be able to forget her y su poder. Carlos Amantea, The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities By sharing her story in a stream-of-consciousness manner, Chavez-Silverman inspires readers to evaluate their perceptions of ethnicity, meanwhile highlighting the versatility of language. ForeWord In her book, Chavez-Silverman breaks out of proper language and writes the way she speaks and hears language spoken. . . . She respects language, but isn t afraid to have a little fun. Open Salon These diverse passions--trees, men, perfume, astral signs, chronic panic attacks, an all-abiding love for friends and the sounds of the streets of San Francisco, all make her so endearing. After the alarums and diversions, it is these passions that drive her story . . . drive her . . . make it hard for those of us on either side of the border to ever be able to forget her y su poder. --Carlos Amantea, The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities By sharing her story in a stream-of-consciousness manner, Chavez-Silverman inspires readers to evaluate their perceptions of ethnicity, meanwhile highlighting the versatility of language. -- ForeWord In her book, Chavez-Silverman breaks out of 'proper' language and writes the way she speaks and hears language spoken. . . . She respects language, but isn't afraid to have a little fun. -- Open Salon

These diverse passions trees, men, perfume, astral signs, chronic panic attacks, an all-abiding love for friends and the sounds of the streets of San Francisco, all make her so endearing. After the alarums and diversions, it is these passions that drive her story . . . drive her . . . make it hard for those of us on either side of the border to ever be able to forget her y su poder. Carlos Amantea, The Review of Arts, Literature, Philosophy and the Humanities

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Susana Chávez-Silverman is professor of romance languages and literatures at Pomona College in California. She is author of Killer Crónicas and coeditor of Tropicalizations: Transcultural Representations of Latinidad and Reading and Writing the Ambiente: Queer Sexualities in Latino, Latin American, and Spanish Culture.

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