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<i>Transcendental Train Yard</i> is a free spirited book of reflection and creative collaboration. It is difficult for the Latino community to speak about trains without recognizing the grieving allusion to the most infamous and deadly one of all, La Bestia . . . . Yet trains are a means in which we travel to our desired destination. They are a symbol of progress and hope for those who seek new opportunities or perhaps a new beginning.<i>Transcendental Train Yard</i>'s words and illustrations are filled with life and death, warmth and pain, memories and a tangible future. It is a book that will encourage readers to contemplate the vicissitudes of their own journey as well as the quests they are yet to embark. --latinobookreview.com

In Marta Sanchez s work, both the carpa and the railyard emerge as reoccurring dream images in which personal pleasures and collective traumas repeat themselves. Peter Haney, Ph.D.

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Norma E. Cantú was born in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and grew up in Laredo, Texas, USA. Her novel Canícula: Snapshots of a Girlhood en la Frontera received the Aztlán Prize in 1996. Other projects include co-edited and edited work such as Moctezuma’s Table: Rolando Briseño’s Chicano and Mexicano Tablescapes, and Chicana Traditions: Continuity and Change. Born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Chicana painter Marta Sánchez is deeply inspired by traditional Mexican folk art expressions.

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