Bøger udgivet af Vao Publishing

Borders are magical places, and growing up on a border, crossing and recrossing that space where this becomes that, creates a very special sort of person, one in whom multiple cultures, languages, identities and truths mingle in powerful ways. In these eight stories and sixteen poems, a wide range of authors explore issues that confront young people along the US-Mexico border, helping their unique voices to be heard and never ignored. Featuring the work of David Rice, Xavier Garza, Jan Seale, Guadalupe García McCall, Diana Gonzales Bertrand, and many others.

Lissi Linares is a pastor's daughter whose love for others contrasts with her fear of eternal damnation. Little Jasmine "Jazzy Moon" Luna is determined to save Jesus from being crucified. Naida Cervantes hides a brutal secret behind shapeless, florid dresses. Hermana Gracie tries to set her son up with a good Christian girlfriend, only to make a surprising discovery. Zeke wants a new guitar and Ben wants a cool girlfriend, but what they find as migrant workers in Arkansas changes their desires. These individuals and others try to negotiate the often rocky intersection of faith and culture in seven independent but intertwining tales that explore life in an evangelical Christian, Mexican-American community. Frank, funny and heart-breakingly real, this volume explores themes of identity, culture, religion and sexuality in the context of a little-known subset of Hispanic culture.

When the sun sets on the Río Grande Valley, all manner of dark voices begin to croak, snarl and wail. Come explore the black shadows amidst the mesquite and palm trees down at the water's edge...just have a care not to fall (or be pulled) into the current.

All three exciting books in one volume! Swift and his friends were ordinary cats until they were transformed by a virus meant to fix human DNA. Now they are able to think, speak and act like people. What's more, each cat-human also possesses a distinct ability that goes beyond what is biologically possible. These special powers make them both dangerous and useful, and the US government is eager to get them under its control. The problem is that some cat-humans just don't want to be controlled...

Second edition. Swift was just an ordinary house cat until a mix-up in the lab of his owner, Dr. Gonzales. Now he's part human... and not really sure if he likes it. Pretty soon, everybody wants a cat-human of their own. But when Dr. Gonzales starts to create more, he accidentally makes a dangerous villain. And Swift is forced to become a hero.

Reaves has escaped, and pretty soon everyone figures out that he's a bigger threat than ever. He has injected himself with a virus that puts poison dart frog DNA in every cell of his body, and now no one can touch him, not even Swift. It will take more than just Swift and Kenmei to shut down Reaves' plans: they need to recruit a team of cat-humans. The question is will the government let them?

Thirty-nine voices mingle like the currents of our river, flowing into deep narrative resacas and rushing from lyrical reservoirs. Just as the Río Grande wends its way through basins, bosques, deserts, fields-so these poems, stories and essays explore the variegated quiltwork of border culture, streaming somberly through the darkness and coruscating in the light. Contributors include Robert Paul Moreira, Rob Johnson, Rachel Vela, Katherine Hoerth, José Hernández, Erika Garza, Edward Vidaurre, Christopher Carmona, Alejandro Fernández Cabada and Alan Oak, among many others.

From Dodger Stadium to the Astrodome, from the Río Grande Valley to Chicago, from Veracruz to Puerto Rico, from high-school teams to stickball in the streets, from the lessons of fathers to the excited joy of daughters, from massive cheering in the stands at Wrigley Field to the dynamics of family and community echoing on the diamond, these fifteen stories use the sport of baseball to explore geographical, cultural and dream-like spaces that transcend traditional notions of the game and transform it into a universal yet wholly individual experience. Featuring the work of Dagoberto Gilb, Norma Elia Cantú, Nelson Denis, Christine Granados, René Saldaña, Jr., and many more.

These unique voices combine in a harmony of Mexican and American, of magical and ordinary, of tragedy and triumph. From established writers to emerging talents, the contributors to this volume represent the depth and beauty of a community that is just beginning to make itself heard. The collection features the short story "The Time About the Dog" by Álvaro Rodríguez, co-screenwriter of the recent film Machete. Other contributors: Angélica Maldonado, Yaresy Salinas, María Ramírez, Daniel Tyx, Mónica G. Hernández, Félix Omar Vela, Evangelina Ayon, Lois Marie Garza, Charlene Bowles, Robert Brown, Cindy Jáimez, Virgilio B. Valencia, Alfredo Ortiz, Javier David González, Matthew Madrigal, Olga Lidia Cervantes, Richard D. Givens, Verónica Sandoval, Edwin de Kock, Gwenda J. González, Jonathan Corey Mangan, Kristin Michelle Keith, María Piedra, Ludivina V. Vásquez, María de la Luz Quiroga, Clarrissia Nerio, Nina Medrano, Rosalia Arriaga, Anna Lilia Castillo, Gloria M. Alvarado, and Edwin Sandoval.

Swift is in a coma. Reaves is searching for the human girl who once owned him. Dr. Gonzales and Enzo are in jail. Kenmei is hiding out in Mexico, and the rest of the cat-humans have been rounded up by the government and placed in a special facility. As if things weren't bad enough, a terrifying cat-beast is about to creep out of the shadows, and in order to end his crime spree, the team will have to first overcome the obstacles that keep them apart.