Sarah Cortez is the author of How to Undress a Cop (Arte Público Press, 2000). She has
edited Windows into My World: Latino Youth Write Their Lives (Piñata
Books, 2007); Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery (Arte Público Press, 2009); Indian
Country Noir (Akashic Books, 2010); and You Don't Have a Clue: Latino
Mystery Stories for Teens (Piñata Books, 2011). She lives and works in
Houston, Texas.
Cortez now brings us Walking
Home: Growing Up Hispanic in Houston (Texas Review Press). This is an
eloquent and heartfelt portrait of one woman’s experiences as she attempted to
puzzle out what it meant to be Latina in a city that straddled cultures and languages.
Praise for Walking Home:
“Here, in words which seem refracted through the stained-glass
window made up of common earth and laced always with the transcendent, Sarah
Cortez offers us insight into those who have shaped her, as well as into the
complexities of coming into her own multifaceted selfhood. Here is her world,
illuminated by the light of faith and the rich tradition of her Tejano
heritage.”—Paul Mariani
“In this mixed-genre memoir, Cortez invites us to sit by her
side as she shares the seminal, poignant memories of the early years of her
life. She segues from one genre to
another so artfully and seamlessly that the skillfully executed poems appear a
natural, intensified extension of the luminous prose.” –Larry D. Thomas
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