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How to Name a Hurricane

Release on 2005 | by Rane Arroyo

... a violent yet beautiful hurricane without a name , but with the vibrant voice of
Arroyo's characters who weather the storm with utmost dignity and grace . ” –
Richard Blanco “ The publication of How to Name a Hurricane is cause for
celebration ...

Author: Rane Arroyo
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 0816524602
Category: Nature
Page: 166
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How to Name a Hurricane

ThereÕs no denying it, media culture has ushered in a new era of visibility for gays in America. Yet somehow the gay Latino doesnÕt fit into this sound-bite identity and usually isnÕt included in national media images. Rane Arroyo offers a corrective. Known primarily as a poet and playwright representing the gay Latino community, Arroyo has also been publishing prose throughout his career and now gathers into this book a storm of writing that has been gaining strength, drop by drop, for more than ten years. How to Name a Hurricane collects short stories and other fictions depicting Latino drag queens and leather men, religious sinners and happy atheists, working class heroes and cyberspace vaquerosÑa parade of characters that invites readers to consider whether one is more authentic a gay Latino than another. Whereas actual hurricanes are given names, the gays given voice in this collection must name themselvesÑand these narratives in turn reveal something of the "I" of Hurricane Rane. Whether portraying a family gathering as Brideshead Revisited with a mambo soundtrack, recounting the relationship of transvestite Louie/Lois and her bisexual Superman, or bemoaning "feeling as unsexy as an old bean burrito in a 7-11 microwave," Arroyo tracks the heartbeat of his characters through a shimmering palette of styles. Here are monologues, a story in verse, and other experimental forms appropriate to experimental livesÑall affirming the basic human rights to dignity, equality, love, and even silliness. When the AIDS epidemic first hit, many Latino families destroyed any remembrances of their gay and bisexual sons that might betray their pasts to la familia or el pueblo. ArroyoÕs writings return the ghosts of those sons to the families, bars, dance clubs, and neighborhoods where they belong. By penetrating to the IÕs of narrative hurricanes, these stories honor the survivors of our ongoing cultural storms.

Language: en
Pages: 166

How to Name a Hurricane

Authors: Rane Arroyo

Categories: Nature

Type: BOOK - Published: 2005 - Publisher: University of Arizona Press

Language: en
Pages: 184

Imagining Latinx Intimacies

Authors: Edward A Chamberlain

Categories: Nature

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-08 - Publisher:

Imagining Latinx Intimacies addresses the ways that artists and writers resist the social forces of colonialism, displacement, and oppression through crafting incisive and inspiring responses to the problems that queer Latinx peoples encounter in both daily lives and representation such as art, film, poetry, popular culture, and stories. Instead of

Language: en
Pages: 9

Leveled Texts: Tornadoes and Hurricanes

Authors: Joshua BishopRoby

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-01-01 - Publisher: Teacher Created Materials

All students can learn about tornadoes and hurricanes through text written at four different reading levels. Symbols on the pages represent reading-level ranges to help differentiate instruction. Provided comprehension questions complement the text.

Language: en
Pages: 316

Science Wizardry for Kids

Authors: Margaret Kenda

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 1992 - Publisher: Scholastic

Includes over two hundred projects that enable young scientists to make secret formulas, blow bubbles of all sizes and colors, grow smart plants, make predictions, and more.

Language: en
Pages: 132

Great Disasters

Authors: David Keller

Categories: Juvenile Nonfiction

Type: BOOK - Published: 1990 - Publisher:

Looks at such devastating events as the San Francisco earthquakes of 1906 and 1989, the bubonic plague, forest fires, shipwrecks, air crashes, and more.