text:
Return to Sender (New York: Knopf Book for Young Readers, 2009), a young adult novel, ages 10 and up.
The Best Gift of All: The Legend of La Vieja Belén/El mejor regalo del mundo: la leyenda de La Vieja Belén (Miami: Alfaguara Infantil, 2008), a bilingual children's picture book.
Once Upon A Quinceañera: Coming of Age in the USA (New York: Viking Publishers, 2007), nonfiction.
Audio edition: New York: Penguin Audio, 2007.
Spanish translation edition, Había una vez una quinceañera: De niña a mujer en EE.UU.
New York: Plume, 2008
Saving the World (Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2006), a novel.
Spanish translation edition, Para salvar el mundo
Miami: Alfaguara/Santillana, 2006
Dutch translation edition, Een Betere Wereld
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Luitingh- Sijthoff, 2006.
Paperback edition
Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Books, 2007
Italian translation edition: Salvare il mondo
Milan: Giunti Editore S. p. A., 2007.
German translation edition: Die Mission der Isabel Gómez
Munich: Piper Verlag GmbH, 2008.
A Gift of Gracias: the Legend of Altagracia (New York: Knopf Book for Young Readers, 2004), a children's picture book
Spanish translation edition, Un regalo: la leyenda de la Altagracia
New York: Dell Dragonfly Book, 2005.
Finding Miracles (New York: Knopf Book for Young Readers, 2004), a young adult novel, ages 16 and up.
Spanish translation edition, En busca de milagros
New York: Laurel Leaf/Random House, 2006.
The Woman I Kept To Myself (Chapel Hills: Algonquin Books, 2004), a book of poems.
Before We Were Free (New York: Knopf Book for Young Readers, 2002), a young adult novel, ages 12 and up.
Portuguese translation edition: Antes da Liberdade
Sao Paulo: Editora Schwarcz Ltda., 2006.
Italian translation edition: Liberi Domani
Milan: Mondadori, 2004
USA Spanish translation edition, Antes de ser libres
New York: Dell Laurel-Leaf/Random House Children's Books, 2004
Dutch translation edition, Voor mijn vader
Amsterdam: De Fontein, 2004.
Paperback edition
New York: Dell Laurel Leaf/Random House, 2004.
A Cafecito Story (White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishers, 2001), a modern "eco-parable" and love story.
Spanish translation edition:
Mexico City: Random House Mondadori, S.A., 2004);
and Barcelona: Lumen, Random House Mondadori, S.A., 2004.
Korean translation edition: Seoul: Tree Planting People, 2004.
Bilingual edition (Spanish/English): A Cafecito Story/El cuento del cafecito
White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishers, 2002.
Italian translation edition: Cafecito: La Canzone del Caffe
Milan: Adriano Salani Editore s.r.l., 2003
How Tía Lola Came to
French translation edition, Paris:
Éditions du Seuil et Éditions Métailié, 2004.
Japanese translation edition, Tokyo:
Kodansha Ltd., 2004
USA Spanish translation edition, Cuando Tía Lola vino
New York: Dell Yearling/Random House Children's Books, 2004.
Spanish translation edition, Cuando Tía Lola vino
Barcelona: RBA, 2001.
The Secret Footprints (New York: Knopf Book for Young Readers, 2000), a children's picture book.
Spanish translation edition, Las Huellas Secretas
New York: Dell Dragonfly Book, 2000.
In the Name of Salomé (Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2000), a novel.
Paperback edition
New York: Plume, 2001.
Portuguese translation edition, Em Nome de Salomé
Rio de Janeiro: Editora Rocco Ltda., 2003.
French translation edition, Au nom de Salomé
Paris: Éditions Métailié, 2003.
Spanish translation edition, En el nombre Salomé
Mexico City & Madrid: Alfaguara/Santillana, 2002.
Turkish translation edition, Salomé Ureña
Istanbul: CAN Yayinlari, 2002
Italian translation edition, Nel Nome Di Salomé
Milano: Marco Tropea Editore s.r.l.
Dutch translation edition, In De Naam Van Salomé
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Luitingh- Sijthoff, 2001.
German translation edition, Im Namen der Salomé
Munchen Zurich: R. Piper GmbH & Co., 2001.
USA Spanish translation edition, En el nombre de Salomé
New York: Vintage Español, 2002.
Hebrew translation edition, Moshav Ben-Shemen: Modan Publishing House Ltd., 2006.
Seven Trees (North Andover: Kat Ran Press, 1998), a book of poems.
Something to Declare (Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1998), a book of essays.
Paperback edition
New York: Plume, 1999
Dutch translation edition, Iets aan te geven
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Luitingh- Sijthoff, 1999.
¡YO! (Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books: 1997), a novel.
French translation edition, ¡YO!
Paris: Editions Métailié, 2000.
Italian translation edition, Yolanda la bugiarda
Firenze: Giunti Gruppo Editoriale, 1999.
U.S.A. Spanish translation edition, ¡YO!
New York: Plume Penguin Putnam Incorporado, 1999.
Danish edition, ¡YO!
Copenhagen: Gyldendal Bogklubber, 1997.
Dutch translation edition, ¡YO!
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Luitingh- Sijthoff, 1997.
German translation edition, Yolanda
Munchen Zurich: R. Piper GmbH & Co., 1997.
Norwegian translation edition, ¡YO!
Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1998.
Spanish translation edition, ¡YO!
Mexico City & Madrid: Alfaguara/Santillana, 1998.
Paperback edition
New York: Plume, 1998
Homecoming: New and Collected Poems (New York: Plume, 1996), reissuing of
Homecoming (New York: Grove Press, 1984) with new work included.
The Other Side/El Otro Lado (New York: Dutton, 1995), a book of poems.
Paperback edition: New York: Plume, 1996
In the Time of the Butterflies (Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1994), a novel.
Turkish translation edition, Kelebekler Zamaninda,
Istanbul: Dogan Kitap, 2004.
Spanish translation edition, En el tiempo de las Mariposas,
Madrid: Alfaguara/Grupo Santillana, 2001.
Punto de lectura edition, October 2007.
Portuguese translation edition, No Tempo Das Borboletas.
Rio de Janeiro: Editora Rocco LTDA., 2001.
U.S.A. Spanish translation edition, En el tiempo de las Mariposas.
New York: Plume Penguin Putnam Incorporado, 1999.
Italian translation edition, Il tempo delle farfalle
Florence: Giunti Gruppo Editoriale, 1997.
French translation edition, Au temps des papillons.
Paris: Editions Métailié, 1997.
Swedish translation edition, I fijärilanas tid.
Stockholm: Bokforlaget Forum AB, 1996.
German translation edition, Die Zeit der Schmetterlinge.
Munchen Zurich: R. Piper GmbH & Co., 1996.
Dominican Republic edition, En el tiempo de las mariposas.
Santo Domingo: Editora Taller, 1996.
Danish translation edition, I sommerfuglenes tid.
Copenhagen: Gyldendal Bogklubber, 1996.
Latin American Spanish translation edition, En el tiempo de las mariposas.
Buenos Aires: Editora Atlantida SA, 1995.
Norwegian translation edition, I sommerfuglenes tid.
Oslo: Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1995.
Dutch translation edition, In de tijd van de vlinders.
Amsterdam: Uitgeverij Luitingh- Sijthoff, 1995.
Paperback edition
New York: Plume, 1995
How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1991), a novel.
Audio book of Spanish translation, De cómo las muchachas García perdieron el acento.
Prince Frederick, MD.: Recorded Books/AudioLibros, 2008.
Spanish translation edition, De cómo las muchachas García perdieron su acento
Madrid: Punto de Lectura, S.L., 2007.
New York: Vintage Español, Random House, 2007
British edition:
London: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2004.
Dutch translation edition, Hoe de meisjes Garcia hun accent kwijtraakten,
Amsterdam: Pandora, 1996.
German translation edition, Wie Die García Girls Ihren Akzent Verloren.
Düsseldorf: Econ Taschenbuch Verlag, 1993;
First Piper edition: Munich: Piper München Zürich, 1996.
Second edition: Munich: Piper München Zürich, 2000.
Spanish translation edition, De como las chicas Garcías perdieron su acento
Barcelona: Edicones B, 1994.
French translation edition, Comment les filles García ont perdu leur accent
Flammarion Itée, 1993.
Paperback edition:
New York: Plume, 1992
The Housekeeping Book (Burlington, 1984), a handmade book of my series of housekeeping poems, illustrated by artists Carol MacDonald and Rene Schall. This project was funded by the Vermont Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts. Mounted panels of the book were on exhibit throughout the state of Vermont, 1984-85.
Old Age Ain't For Sissies (Sandford: Crane Creek Press, 1979), selected and edited this anthology of poetry written by senior citizens in creative writing workshops I conducted, sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Fayetteville.
"Looking at German Perez's Painting," Where We Dreamers Dream: German Perez: Works 1980-2001 (Germán Perez publication, 2008).
"Abbot Academy," reprinted in Literature and Ourselves: A Thematic Introduction for Readers and Writers, Sixth Edition (New York, Pearson Education/Longman, 2009).
"January 20, 2009," Associated Press invited ten American poets to write a poem for the inauguration of President Barack Obama, to be distributed to newspapers nationally. Also posted at hosted.ap.org/specials/interactives/campaign_plus/obama_poets.
"Why I Write," and also its Spanish translation, "Por qué escribo," reprinted in Aproximaciones a la Literatura Dominicana 1981-2008 (Santo Domingo: Colección del Banco Central de la República Dominicana-Departamento Cultural, 2008).
"El Fotógrafo," Poetry East, special issue, entitled, "Snapshots: Poets on Photos from the Past," spring 2008, number 61.
"Let's make a modern primer," from "33," reprinted in The Making of a Sonnet: A Norton Anthology (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008).
"First Muse," reprinted in The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing, Eighth edition (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 2009).
"Last Trees," from The Woman I Kept To Myself, reprinted in Penguin's Poems for Life (New York: Penguin Classics, 2007).
Wrote short introductory essays to five poems as part of "Chapter 15: A Study of Julia Alvarez: Five Poems" ("Queens, 1963"; "Dusting"; "Ironing Their Clothes"; "Sometimes the Words Are so Close," from sonnet sequence, "33," "First Muse") in Poetry: An Introduction, 5th edition (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2007); also in The Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing, 8th edition (Boston: Bedfor/St. Martin's, 2008), also in "Chapter 32: A Study of Julia Alvarez: Five Poems" in The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature: Reading, Thinking, Writing, Eighth edition (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's Press, 2009).
"Where are the girls who were so beautiful," sonnet from "33" sequence, reprinted in The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: Traditions in English, Volume 2, Third Edition (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007).
"Small Portions," reprinted in Elements of Literature: Fourth Course( New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007).
"Love Portions," reprinted in Love Poetry Out Loud (Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2007).
"Washing the Windows," reprinted in Latino Literature: Voices in a Tradition (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2007).
"Refugee Women," a poem in Witness, special edition on "Exile in America," Volume XX, 2006.
"Last Trees," from Seven Trees, reprinted in The Oxford Book of Caribbean Verse (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005).
"Old Heroines," reprinted in Western Wind: An Introduction to Poetry, fifth edition (Boston: McGraw-Hill, 2006).
"On Not Shoplifting Louise Bogan's The Blue Estuaries," reprinted in The Wadsworth Anthology of Poetry (Boston: Thomson Wadsworth, 2006); reprinted in The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: Traditions in English, Volume 2, Third Edition (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2007).
"February," in The Twelve Seasons of Vermont (Montpelier: Vermont Life Books, 2004).
"Storm Windows," reprinted in Joining the Conversation: An Anthology for Developing Readers (Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004).
"Ars Politica," in Dream Me Home Safely: Writers on Growing up in America (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2003).
"The Day Your Life Changes," "All's Clear" and "Now, When I Look at Women" in mamm, July/August 2003.
"By Accident," A Poem of Her Own: Voices of American Women Yesterday and Today (New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2003)
"Poetry Makes Nothing Happen?" Cry Out: Poets Protest the War (New York: George Braziller, 2003).
"The White House Has Disinvited the Poets," Poets Against the War (New York: Thunder's Mouth Press/Nation Books, 2003); reprinted in Cry Out: Poets Protest the War (New York: George Braziller, 2003).
"Why I am in Love with Librarians," in Library Journal, January 15, 2003.
"Why Don't We Ever See Jesus Laughing" and "Manholes," Green Mountains Review: Comedy in Contemporary American Poetry, Vol XV, Nos. 1 & 2, fall 2002.
"Bellevue" and "Therapy," Bellevue Literary Review, Volume 2, Number 2, Fall 2002.
"911," Burlington Free Press, "Living Section," September 8, 2002.
"The Day After September 11th," To Mend the World: Women Reflect on 9/11 (Buffalo: White Pine Press, 2002).
"Proof," reprinted in Poetry in Three Dimensions: Reading, Writing, and Critical Thinking through Poetry, Book Two (Cambridge: Educators Publishing Service, 2001).
"Addison's Vision," in Contemporary Poetry of New England (Hanover: University Press of New England, 2002).
"Sometimes the words are so close," from "33," reprinted in Truth and Lies: An Anthology of Poems (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2001); sonents from "33" also reprinted in The Penguin Book of the Sonnet: 500 Years of a Classic Tradition in English (New York: Penguin Books, 2002).
"All-American Girl," poem published in Beauty's Nothing by Nadav Kander (New York: Arena Editions, 2001).
"Bilingual Sestina," "Samán, Ciudad, Trujillo, 1957," "Last Trees," in Callaloo, Volume 23, No. 3, summer 2000; reprinted in The Extraordinary Tide: New Poetry by American Women (New York: Columbia University Press, 2001); in Truth and Lies: An Anthology of Poems (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 2001); in The Extraordinary Tide: New Poetry by American Women (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002); in On Writing: A Process Reader (Boston: McGraw Hill, 2004); in Poetry: A Pocket Anthology (Toronto: Pearson Education Canada: Longman, 2004); in Literature: A Pocket Anthology (Toronto: Pearson Education Canada: Longman, 2004).
"The Word Made Flesh," Boomer Girls: Poems by Women from the Baby Boom Generation (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1999).
"Papi Working," American Literature (Circle Pines: American Guidance Service, Inc., 1999).
"To My Graduates," Academic Questions (A publication of the National Association of Scholars), summer 1998, Vol. 11, No. 3
"Homecoming," "The Dashboard Virgencita," "Dusting," "Audition," ¡Floricanto Sí! A Collection of Latina Poetry (New York: Penguin Books, 1998).
"Absolut Alvarez," in March 1998 issues of Advocate, Atlantic Monthly, Buzz Weekly, Entertainment Weekly (3/2), Genre (3/1), Harper's, New York Magazine (3/2 & 3/16), New York Times Magazine (3/29), Out, Vanity Fair, Vogue; and April 1998 issue of Ocean Drive.
"The Women from My Mother's Side," reprinted in An Introduction to Poetry, 9th edition (New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 1997).
"Rolling Dough" and "The Master Bed," An Intricate Weave: Women Write About Girls and Girlhood (Laguna Beach: Iris Editions, 1997).
"Folding My Clothes," Ploughshares, spring, 1996.
"Two Years Too Late," Ploughshares, spring, 1996; reprinted in Opening Doors: English as a Second Language Workbook Project (a publication of North Carolina Humanities Council, Charlotte, 2002).
"The Way It Sounds," "The Dashboard Virgencita," "The Lost & Found Señoritas," The Massachusetts Review, winter 1995-96; reprinted in El Coro: A Chorus of Latino and Latina Poetry (Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1997); "The Dashboard Virgencita," reprinted in Are you experienced? baby boom poets at midlife (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2003).
"Dusting," reprinted in Uncommon Knowledge: Exploring Ideas Through Reading and Writing (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995); and in Writer's Solution (Needham: Prentice Hall, 1995); Literature & Thought: Decisions, Decisions (Logan: Perfection Learning Corporation, 2000); Exploring Poetry: Writing and Thinking about Poetry (New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 2002).
"Redwing Sonnets" and "Wallpaper," The American Poetry Review, November/December 1995; reprinted in The Body Electric: America's Best Poetry from The American Poetry Review (New York: W. W. Norton, 2000).
"Audition," The New Yorker, June 12, 1995; reprinted in Readings in World Literature (Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001).
A selection of poems in Paper Dance: 55 Latino Poets (New York: Persea Books, 1995).
"What Goes Wrong," Mirabella, May, 1995.
"The women on my mother's side were known," a sonnet from the sequence "33," reprinted in An Introduction to Poetry, 8th edition (New York: HarperCollins College Publishers, 1994); in An Introduction to Poetry, 11th edition (New York: Pearson/Longman, 2005).
"Queens, 1963," Patchwork of Dreams: Voices from the Heart of the New America, The Spirit That Moves Us, Volume 12; reprinted in American Identities: Contemporary Multicultural Voices (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1994); and in Boomer Girls: Poems by Women from the Baby Boom Generation (Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 1999); reprinted as "Queens, 1993," in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, fifth edition (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999); in The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2000); in Thinking and Writing about Literature: a Text and Anthology (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2001); in Poetry: An Introduction (Boston: St. Martin's Press, 2001); in The Bedford Introduction to Literature, sixth edition (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2002).
"Woman's Work," New York Times (Op/Ed section), September 5, 1994; reprinted in Rebel Angels: 25 Poets of the New Formalism (Brownsville: Story Line Press, 1996); in Literature for Composition (New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 2000); in Literature for Compostion, Essays, Fiction, Poetry, and Drama, 6th edition (New York: Longman, 2003).
"Bilingual Sestina," "Naming the Fabrics," "Sweeping," one sonnet from "33," A Formal Feeling Comes: Poems in Form by Contemporary Women (Brownsville: Story Line Press, 1994).
"Us," Latinos In the U.S. Review, Middlebury College publication, spring 1994.
"Anatomy," Chelsea 55.
"On a Hill above Your House," "Cows," Poems for a Small Planet: Contemporary American Nature Poetry (Hanover: Middlebury College Press, 1993).
"Dusting," WPFW 89.3 Poetry Anthology (Washington, DC: Crocodile Press, 1992); reprinted in Uncommon Knowledge: Exploring Ideas Through Reading and Writing (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1995); in Choices in Literature: Charting Your Own Course (Needham: Prentice Hall, 1997).
"Mami and Gauguin," The Kenyon Review, summer l990.
"Bilingual Sestina," The George Washington Review, Tenth Anniversary Issue: A Showcase of Visiting Writers, 1990; reprinted in Hispanic Culture Review, Volume 1, Number 2, 1991.
"Exile," The George Washington Review, Tenth Anniversary Issue: A Showcase of Visiting Writers, 1990; reprinted in The Language of Literature (Evanston: McDougal Littell, 2000); in Literature & Language Arts, Third Course (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003)..
"Beginning Love," "Bookmaking," The Green Mountain Review, Vol. 3, No. 2, fall/winter, l989-90. "Bookmaking" reprinted in The Best American Poetry 1991 (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991).
"Estele," The Caribbean Writer, Vol. 3, June l989; reprinted in Deafness: Life & Culture, Volume 45, 1995, reprinted in The Extraordinary Tide: New Poetry by American Women (New York: Columbia University Press, 2001).
"Boca de Chavon," Modern Haiku, Vol. 20, No. 2, summer l989; reprinted in The Caribbean Writer, Volume 4, 1990.
"The Weekend," Men & Women: Together and Alone (Iowa City: The Spirit That Moves Us Press, l988).
Sonnets from "33," The Sonnet (New York: Pocket Books, l987); reprinted in Cries of the Spirit (Boston: Beacon Press, 1991); reprinted in Rebel Angels: 25 Poets of the New Formalism (Brownsville: Story Line Press, 1996).
Housekeeping poems in The Renewal of Vision; Voices of Latin American Women Poets, l940-l980 (Cambridge, UK: Spectacular Diseases Press, l988).
A selection of poems in Poems of Exile and Other Concerns: Poetry by Dominicans in the United States (New York: Ediciones Alcance, l988).
A selection of poems and stories in Sin Otra Profeta Que Su Canto: Antologia De Poesia Escrita Por Dominicanas (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Taller Ediciones, 1987).
"Against Cinderella," Florilegia: A Journal of Art and Literature by Women, 1976-1986; reprinted in A Fierce Brightness, Twenty-Five Years of Women's Poetry (Corvallis: Calyx Books, 2002).
"How I Learned to Sweep," Helicon Nine, summer 1985, Vols.12 & 13; reprinted in Rebel Angels: 25 Poets of the New Formalism (Brownsville: Story Line Press, 1996); in Making Literature Matter: An Anthology for Readers and Writers (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003); in Approaching Literature in the 21st Century: Fiction, Poetry, Drama (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005).
"Orchids," 13th Moon: Narrative Forms Issue, Vol. 8, Nos. 1 & 2, fall 1984.
"Posture Lesson," "What Could It Be," The Poetry Miscellany, No. 13; "Posture Lesson" reprinted in Western Wind: an Introduction to Poetry, 3rd edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1992).
"Parting," Womanspirit, Vol. 10, No. 40, summer 1984.
"Homecoming," The Caribbean Review, Vol. 12, No. I; reprinted in American Identities: Contemporary Multicultural Voices (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1994); in FGL: Boletín de la Fundación Federico García Lorca, a special issue on Hispanic-American literature, edited by William Luis, Vanderbilt University, December 1995.
"Bedmaking," "Ironing Their Clothes," "Naming the Fabrics," 13th Moon: Working Class Experience, Vol. 2, Nos. 1 & 2, summer 1983. "Hairwashing," Day Tonight/Night Tomorrow, No. 17.
"Against Cinderella," "Making Our Beds," Calyx, Vol. 7, No. 1, summer 1982.
"Us," The Burlington Review, Vol. 1, No. 1, April 1982.
"Heroics," "New Clothes," Poetry, May 1982.
"Hairwashing," "I Do," "Teaching Poetry in the Schools," Total Recall, an anthology of poetry by the Kentucky Arts Commission, 1980.
"O that like a flower," Plainsong, fall 1979.
"Jog," The Runner, Vol. 1, No. 6, March 1979.
"Framboyan," The Barataria Review, No. 4, June 1977.
"Mother," Phantasm, Vol. 2, No. 2.
"Blossom," "Turtle," Syracuse Guide, No. 21, May 1977.
"Again," "Cleaning House," "Decorations Over Beds," "For the Last Lover," "In Another Language," "Tree," The Tower, June 1977.
"The Album: Mother and Father," The Cincinnati Poetry Review, No. 4, spring 1977.
"Family of Children," The Wandering Foot, No. 2, spring 1977.
"Alphabet," "And Sometimes You Turned To The Animals," "Cut," "Dream," "I suppose you can survive," "Snow," "Winter Losses," Jar, winter 1977.
"Frankfort, Kentucky," "Wash," Wind, August/September 1976.
"Driving the Countryside," "Hawks," Green River Review, spring/summer 1976.
"My Poems Have Too Many Men," The Kentucky Poetry Review, spring/summer 1976.
"Catechism for Poets," "Latin Lover," "Making Bread Five Years After The Divorce," "No Sap Comes Up The Tree," Jar, spring 1976.
"Best Friends," "Discovery," "End Poem," "For Dinorah," "In The Dark," "Sets," "Substitutes," Jar, fall 1975.
"Iphigenia," "Maybe A Love Poem," "Stories for the Dead," "The Sublimator," The Barataria Review, No. 2, March 1975.
"The Poet's Aptitude Examination," "Testament," Syracuse Poems 1974.
"The Album: Mother," Rising (Syracuse: Women's Writing Collective, 1974).
"The Garden," "Gingila on the Toilet," "Gingila's Return," Pulse: The Lamar Review, spring 1973.
"Observation," "Sonnet," The Vermont Academy of the Arts and Sciences Symposium Selections, 1971.
"My People," Soulscript: An Anthology (New York: Doubleday & Company, 1970).
Two short stories are included in Been There, Done That: Writing Stories from Real Life (New York: Penguin, November 2015)
Short Story "A Light Out" is included in Contemporary Vermont Fiction: An Anthology (Vermont: Green Writers Press, November 2014)
Excerpt from Finding Miracles, reprinted in Longman Keystone E (New York: Pearson Education/Longman, 2009).
"La salida de Poughkeepsie," Spanish translation of "Leaving Poughkepsie," from In the Name of Salomé, in Viajeros del rocío: 25 narradores domincanos de la diáspora, edited by Rubén Sánchez Féliz (Santo Domingo: Secretaría de Estado de Cultura/Editora Nacional, 2008).
"The Dictator's Ex-Wife Writes Him A Letter," in The Washington Post Magazine, Valentine's Fiction Issue, February 10, 2008.
From A Cafecito Story, in The Power of Experience: Great Writers Over 50 on the Quest for A Lifetime of Meaning (New York: Sterling Publishing Co., Inc./AARP, 2007).
From ¡YO! chapter entitled, "The Mother," reprinted in The Norton Anthology of American Literature, Shorter Seventh Edition (New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008).
Before We Were Free, excerpts reprinted with an interview in Daybook: Of Critical Reading and Writing (Wilmington, MA.: Great Source Education Group, a division of Houghton Mifflin Company, 2007).
"Two Happy Months in Vermont" from How Tía Lola Came to
"Freedom Cry" from Before We Were Free, excerpted in This Is MY Best: Acclaimed QPB Authors Share Their Favorite Work (New York: Bookspan/Quality Paperback Book Club, 2004).
Excerpt from "The Mother," reprinted from ¡YO! in Puerta del Sol: Espagnol seconde (Paris: Delagrave, 2004)
"The Secret Footprints," reprinted in Avenues (Carmel, California: Hampston-Brown, 2004).
"The Father," translated as "El padre," from ¡YO! reprinted in Somos Vecinos: Intemediate Spanish through U.S. Latino Culture (Upper Saddle River: Pearson Education/Prentice Hall, 2004).
"Blood of the Conquistadores," A Whistler In The Nightworld: Short Fiction from the Latin Americas (New York: Plume Penguin, 2002); reprinted in Visions and Values: Readings in the Human Experience, Third Edition (Boston: Houghton Miffin Company, 2002).
A Cafecito Story, excerpt in Abroad View, volume 5, issue 1, fall 2002.
"Anita's Diary," excerpt from Before We Were Free, Conjunctions: 38: Rejoicing /Revoicing (publication of Bard College) spring 2002.
In the Name of Salomé, excerpts, Callaloo, Volume 23, No. 3, summer 2000.
"Our Father," in Conjunctions: 34: American Fiction: States of the Art, spring 2000.
"Neighbors," Doubletake, spring 2000.
"Switching to Santicló," Las Christmas: Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998).
"Víctor," Off the Beaten Path: Stories of Place (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux 1998); reprinted Reading from the Inside Out (New York: Longman, 2003).
"Amor Divino," Ms. Volume VIII, Number 4.
"The Rudy Elmenhurst Story," The Norton Anthology of Contemporary Fiction, 2nd edition, (New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1997).
"angel on horseback," Might #14, Jan/Feb 1997.
"The Four Girls," MOTHER: Famous Writers Celebrate Motherhood with a Treasury of Short Stories, Essays, and Poems (New York: Pocket Books, 1996).
"Liberty," Writers Harvest 2: A Collection of New Fiction (New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1996); reprinted in Elements of Literature: Fourth Course (Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2000); in Literature & Language Arts, Third Course (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003); in Elements of Literature: Fourth Course (Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003).
"Consuelo's Letter," The Archipelago: New Writing From and About the Caribbean, Conjunctions: 27; reprinted in Spanish translation, as "La extraña," in Revista CASA de las Américas, 210, Enero-Marzo, 1998; in Snapshots: Twentieth Century Mother-Daughter Fiction, edited by Joyce Carol Oates (Jaffrey: David R. Godine, Publisher, 2000).
"One Peoples," USA Weekend, July 21-23, 1995.
"Coco Stop," Prairie Schooner, Volume 68, Number 4, winter 1994.
"Disappeared Does Not Take a Helping Verb in English," Syracuse Magazine, Volume 10, Number 4, summer 1994.
"Yolanda," The Writer's Workbook, Fifth Edition (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1994).
"Trespass," Growing Up Female (New York: Penguin Books, 1993).
"El verano del futuro" and "Las cuatro niñas," translations of "The Summer of the Future" and "The Four Girls" in Antologia de Cuentos: Escritos Por Mujeres Dominicanas (Santo Domingo: Editora Taller, 1992).
"Customs," Iguana Dreams (New York: HarperPerennial, 1992).
"Floor Show," Story, spring 1991; reprinted in Mondo Barbie (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993).
"Antojos," The Caribbean Writer, Vol. 4, June l990; reprinted in Editor's Choice III: Fiction & Poetry & Art from the U.S. Small Press, 1984-1990 (New York: Spirit that Moves Us Press, 1991); in New Writing from the Caribbean (London, Macmillan Ltd., 1994); in Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes (Upper Saddle River: Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1999).
"Hot Water," The Caribbean Writer, Vol. 3, June l989; reprinted in Gargoyle 37/38.
"Yellow," The One You Call Sister: New Women's Fiction (Pittsburgh: Cleis Press, l989)
"The Summer of The Future," Third Woman: The Sexuality of Latinas (Berkeley: Third Woman Press, l989); reprinted in Stories from Washington Heights and Other Corners of the World: Short Stories Written By Dominicans in the United States (Bronx: The Latino Press, 1994).
"Wings," The Green Mountain Review, winter 1989.
"Daughter of Invention," Unholy Alliances: New Fiction By Women (Pittsburgh: Cleis Press, l988); reprinted in The Writer's Craft, 2nd edition (Chicago: Scott, Foresman, Co., l988); in Growing Up Latino (New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1993); in The Language of Literature (Evanston: McDougal Littell, 2000); in Elements of Literature: Fifth Course (Austin: Holt, Rinehart andWinston, 2000); in Literature and the Language Arts: The American Tradition (St. Paul: EMC/Paradigm Publishing, 2001); in A Multicultural Reader: Many Voices Literature Series, Collection Two (Logan, IA: Two Perfection Learning Corporation, 2002); in Latino/a Literature in the English Classroom (San Juan: Editora Plaza Mayor, 2003); in Approaching Literature in the 21st Century: Fiction, Poetry, Drama (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005).
"Pink Clay," Heresies: 23: Coming of Age, l988.
"The Kiss," The Greensboro Review, summer l987, No. 42; reprinted in About These Stories (New York: McGraw Hill, Inc., 1994); in Daughters of the Fifth Sun (New York: Riverhead Books, 1995).; in Signatures: An Anthology for Writers (Mountain View: Mayfield Publishing Company, 1998); excerpt reprinted in GED: Language Arts, Reading (Austin: Steck Vaughn: A Harcourt Company, 2002).
"Familiars," Conditions #14: International Focus II, l987.
"Tent," High Plains Literary Review, Vol. 2, No. 1, spring 1987.
"Still Lives," The Caribbean Writer, Vol. 1, No. I, spring 1987.
"Four Girls," Third Woman, Vol. 2, Nos. 1 & 2, 1986; reprinted in Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños Bulletin, winter 1989-1990; in Mother: Famous Writers Celebrate Motherhood With a Treasury of Short Stories, Essays, and Poems, ed. by Claudia O'Keefe (New York: Pocket Books, 1996).
"An American Surprise," the new renaissance, #19, fall 1984; reprinted in An American Christmas (Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers, Ltd., 1986).
"Small Change," Helicon Nine, Nos. 14 & 15, summer 1986; reprinted in The Helicon Nine Reader: A Celebration of Women in the Arts (Kansas City: Helicon Nine Editions, 1990).
"Dream String For The Labyrinth," Earth's Daughters, summer 1985.
"Second Chances," Helicon Nine, summer 1985, Vols. 12 & 13.
"American Valentine," The George Washington Review, Vol. 5, No. 3.
"Chekhov's Gun," MSS, fall/winter 1984.
"Snow," Warnings: An Anthology on the Nuclear Peril (Eugene: Northwest Review Books, 1984); reprinted in Writing With Confidence: A Modern College Rhetoric (Lexington: D.C. Heath and Co., 1989); in The Writer's Craft (Glenview: Scott, Foresman, Co., 1986); in The Village Advocate (1/3/88); in St. Petersburg Times (1/16/88); in Listening to Ourselves (New York: Doubleday, 1994); in Literature: Reading Fiction, Poetry, Drama,and the Essay, 3rd edition (New York: McGraw Hill, Inc., 1995); in The McGraw-Hill Book of Fiction (New York: McGraw Hill, 1995); in Latina: Women's Voices from the Borderlands (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1995); in The Voices of Latino Culture: Readings From Spain, Latin America, and the United States (Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company, 1996); in Elements of Literature: Third Course (New York: Holt Rinehart and Winston, 1997); in Grassroots: The Writer's Workbook (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1998); in Mini-Fiction (Tokyo: Ikubundo, 1998); in Daybook of Critical Reading and Writing (Wilmington: Great Source Education Group: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1999); in Subjects/Strategies: A Writer's Reader (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1999); in Literature: The Reader's Choice (New York: Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 2000); in Elements of Literature: Third Course (Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2000), in Language Awareness: Readings for College Writers (New York: Bedford, St. Martin's, 2000); in Grassroots with Readings: The Writer's Workbook, Seventh Edition (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2002); in Discovering Literature: Stories, Poems, Plays (Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, 2003); in Literature & Language Arts, Third Course (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003); in Rhetorical Choices: A Reader for Writers (New York: Pearson Education/Longman, 2004).
"New World," Sobreviviendo: Bearing Witness: An Anthology of Native and Latina Writing and Art: Calyx, Vol. 8, No. 2, spring 1984; reprinted in A Line of Cutting Women (Corvallis: Calyx Books, 1998).
"The Heart Hotel," Sing, Heavenly Muse, fall 1983.
"Joe," Syracuse Scholar, Vol. 3, No. 2, fall 1982; reprinted in Stories in the Stepmother Tongue, edited by Josip Novakovich & Robert Shapard (Buffalo: White Pine Press, 2000).
"Father, The Rainfall," The Barataria Review, No. 4, June 1977.
"Fifteen Stations in the Passion According to Mark," Passion: Contemporary Writers on the Story of Calvary (New York: Orbis Books, February 2015)
"A Way to Escape," Everything I Need to Know I Learned from a Children's Book (New York: Roaring Book Press, 2009).
"Our Papers," (reprinted from Something to Declare) in Becoming Americans: Four Centuries of Immigrant Writing (New York: Library of American/ Penguin Group, 2009).
"The Hardest Heroism/El heroísmo más difícil," introduction to Vivas en su jardín: Memorias de Dedé Mirabal (Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: Aguilar, Grupo Santillana, 2009).
"Grandfather's Blessing" in Pathways: Literature for Readers and Writers (Logan, IA: Perfection Learning Corporation, 2008 & 2009).
"Weybridge, Vermont: No Frills Here," Smithsonian magazine, November 2008.
"Winning the Hair Wars," MORE, October 2008.
"Instead of a Prom," Burlington Free Press, May 24, 2008.
"Caring Across Borders: Aging Parents in Another Country," in An Uncertain Inheritance: Writers on Caring for Family (New York: Willam Morrow/HarperCollins, 2008).
"What I Wore," ELLE Magazine, October, 2007.
"With Wary, Commensurate Longing," a tribute to John Engels in Onion River Review, Fall 2007.
Introduction to Something to Declare reprinted in Literature: Grade Six (New Upper Saddle River, NJ: Penguin Edition, Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2007).
"Mami: An Ambassador on Aging," the epilogue for Speeches for the Ages: An Ambassador Speaks Out on Worldwide Aging (Philadelphia: Xlibris, 2007).
"Doing the Write Thing" Sojourners Magazine, Vol. 35, No. 10, November, 2006.
Forward to From the Mountains to The Rivers: Dominican Children's Stories and Songs from Los Dajaos (a publication of Pierce College, Lakewood, Washington, 2006).
"Why Do Older Latina Women Worry?" an essay translated as "Mujer, ¿qué te preocupa?" in AARP Segunda Juventud, Abril/Mayo 2006.
"Housekeeping Cages," in Lofty Dogmas: Poets on Poetics (Fayetteville: University of Arkansas Press, 2005).
"A Window into the Washing-Windows Poems" in Poetry East, Origins Issue, Fall 2005, Number fifty-five.
"Third Time Around: Snapshots from at Long Lasts a Long-Term Marriage" in Why I'm Still Married: Women Write Their Hearts Out on Love, Loss, Sex, and Who Does the Dishes (New York: Hudson Street Press/Penguin Group, 2006). Reprinted as "Third Time's the Charm" in O: the Oprah Magazine, Jan/February 2006.
Foreword to Caribbean Connnections: The Dominican Republic (Washington, D.C.: Teaching for Change, 2005).
"Writing in a Post Sept. 11 World," in "The Writing Life," The Washington Post, September 11, 2005.
"Dreaming of the Caribbean," MORE, July/August 2005.
"This Is My Best," introductory essay in This Is MY Best: Acclaimed QPB Authors Share Their Favorite Work (New York: Bookspan/Quality Paperback Book Club, 2004).
Contributions to The Future Dictionary of America (America, bushwhack, condoleesy and spicometer (McSweeney's Books, 2004).
"¿Qué Dice La Juventud?" ("What Are the Young People Saying?") an introductory essay to Border-Line Personalities: A New Generation of Latinas Dish on Sex, Sass, and Cultural Shifting (New York: Rayo/HarperCollins Publishers, 2004).
"I Came to Help: Resistance Writ Small," Women Writing Resistance (Cambridge: South End Press, 2004).
"Pure American," published in translation as "Pura americana," in Selecciones: Reader's Digest, October, 2003.
"A White Woman of Color," reprinted in Purpose and Process: A Reader for Writers, 5th edition (Upper Saddle River: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2004).
"My First Free Summer," in Better Homes & Gardens, August 2003.
"Ay, Papi!!!" in Latina, June 2003 issue.
"I, Too, Sing América," Writers on America: 15 Reflections, a publication by USA State Department for distribution abroad; reprinted in "El Otro Lado (The Other Side): Poetry and Prose from Latina & Chicana Writers" issue of Edinburgh Review 117, 2006.
"Places of a Lifetime" National Geographic Traveler, October 2002, Vol. 19, No. 7.
"Ground Zero," in To Mend the World: Women Reflect on 9/11 (Buffalo: White Pine Press, 2002).
Foreword, Secrets of Salsa (White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishers, 2002).
"Night of the Cabañas," The Washington Post Magazine: Summer Reading Issue, July 14, 2002; reprinted in Spanish translation with the title, "Vida en la escritura," in Aproximaciones a la Literatura Dominicana 1981-2008 (Santo Domingo: Colección del Banco Central de la República Dominicana-Departamento Cultural, 2008).
"On Being Fifty (Plus)," in More, Aril 2002.
"Entre Lucas and Juan Mejía," A Literary Reader: Latino Writers in the U.S. (Evanston: McDougal Littell, 2001).
"Shifting Selves," in Latina, October, 2001.
"When You Come to Visit Me: Dominican Republic," The Sophisticated Traveler, New York Times Magazine, Part 2/November 19, 2000.
"How I Learned to Cook," "Making Mistakes in the Kitchen," "RX: Recipes," "Seasonings," "Apples," "Arroz Con Leche," in The New Family Cookbook (White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing Company, 2000).
"A Note on the Loosely Autobiographical," New England Review, Volume 21, Number 4, Fall 2000.
"Revelations: Aha Moment," O: The Ophrah Magazine, November 2000; reprinted in Reader's Digest, June 2001.
"Writing Matters," Dreams and Journeys: A Rhetoric Reader for Writers, 4th edition (New York: Addison Wesley Longman, Inc., 2001); reprinted in The Writer's Handbook: 2001 Edition (Boston: The Writer, Inc. 2001); in The Writer's Handbook: 2002 Edition (Boston: The Writer, Inc. 2002).
"Noah's Ark Choices," Library Journal, Volume 125, No. 14, September 1, 2000.
"Family Ritual," O: The Ophrah Magazine, September, 2000.
"Poetic Justice," Attaché (US Air's in-flight magazine), October, 2000.
"Letter from Weybridge, Vermont, and the Dominican Republic," The Regional Review ( a publication of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston), Q 3, Volume 10.
"La Gringuita," reprinted in Women's Voice: A Literary Reader (Evanston: McDougal Littell, 2001).
Preface to The Writer on Her Work: Seventeen Essays by Twentieth Century American Writers, edited by Janet Sternburg (New York: W.W. Norton, 2000).
"Goodbye, Ms. Chips," reprinted in Wise Women: Reflections of Teachers at Midlife (New York: Routledge, 2000).
"Grounds for Fiction," reprinted in Writing with Contemporary Readings (St. Paul: EMC Paradigm, Inc., 2000); in The Riverside Reader, 7th edition & 8th (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2001 & 2005).
"Cafecito Cup Readings," Latina, January, 2000.
"At My House: Noche Buena, New England," Cooking Light, December 1999.
"Planting Sticks and Grinding Yucca: On Being a Translated Writer," Zoetrope: All-Story. winter 1999, Vol. 3, No. 4.
"Picky Eater," We Are What We Ate (New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1998); reprinted in The Norton Book of American Autobiography (New York: W.W. Norton, 1999).
"Rewriting William Carlos Williams (For a Good Cause), The Teachers & Writers Guide to William Carlos Williams (New York: Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1998).
"Local Touch, Global Reach," Texas Library Journal, Volume 74, Number 4, Summer 1998.
"A White Woman of Color," Hungry Mind Review, spring 1998; reprinted in Half and Half: Writers on Growing up Biracial and Bicultural (New York: Pantheon Books, 1998).
"Doña Aida, with Your Permission," Brújula/Compass 28, winter 1998; reprinted in Callaloo, Volume 23, No. 3, summer 2000 and in The Best of Callaloo, Special 25th Anniversary Issue, Volume 24, No. 2.
"An Autobiography of Scheherazade," Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales (New York: Doubleday, 1998).
"A Writer's Roots," Vermont Magazine, February 1998.
"A First Step With Dusting," Introspections: American Poets on One of Their Own Poems (Hanover: University Press of New England, 1997).
"A Story or Two for 2001," The Mind's Eye: Massachusetts College of the Liberal Arts Journal, fall 1997.
"Switching to Santicló," Latina Magazine, December 1997; reprinted in Las Christmas: Favorite Latino Authors Share Their Holiday Memories (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1998); also published in Spanish-language edition: Las christmas: escritores latinos recuerdan las tradiciones navideñas (New York: Vintage Español, 1998).
"An Unlikely Beginning for a Writer," Máscaras (Berkeley: Third Woman Press, 1997).
"Dominican Republic Above the Clouds," The Sophisticated Traveler, The New York Times Magazine, Part II, May 11, 1997.
"The Shape of a Life," American Way Magazine, July 1, 1997, Volume 30, Number 13.
"Imagining Motherhood," Latina Magazine, April/May 1997; reprinted in Bearing Life: Women's Writings on Childlessness (New York: The Feminist Press, 2000); in The Fruits of Labour (London: The Women's Press Ltd., 2001).
"On Lispector's 'The Smallest Woman in the World,'" Literature and Its Writers: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (Boston: Bedford Books, 1997).
"Elizabeth Bishop's 'One Art,'" Literature and Its Writers: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (Boston: Bedford Books, 1997).
"Missing the Zebras: Bilingual Poetry in the Schools," Luna, Luna: Creative Writing Ideas from Spanish, Latin American, and Latino Literature (New York: Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 1997).
"Relaxing in a Frozen Backyard," The New York Times, Travel, Section 5, January 12, 1997.
"Chasing the Butterflies," Martyrs: Contemporary Writers on Modern Lives of Faith ( San Francisco: HarperSanFrancisco, 1996).
"On 'One Art' by Elizabeth Bishop," Touchstones: American Poets on a Favorite Poem (Hanover: University Press of New England),
"Flight Plans," The Washington Post Magazine, August 13, 1995; reprinted in The Language of Literature (Evanston: McDougal Littell, Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000).
"On Finding a Latino Voice," The Washington Post Book World, Sunday, May 14, 1995; reprinted in The Writing Life: Writers on How They Think and Work (New York: PublicAffairs, 2003).
"Translating A Look," Allure Magazine, March 1995; reprinted as "I Want To Be Miss América," Lives in Two Languages: An Exploration of Identity and Culture (Ann Arbor, University of Michigan Press, 2001); in High Point: Success in Language, Literature, Content (Carmel, CA.: Hampton-Brown, 2001); in Mirror on America: Short Essays and Images from Popular Culture (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003); in Considering Cultural Difference (New York: Pearson Education, Inc./ Longman, 2004).
Introduction to Clarice Lispector's "The Smallest Woman in the World" in You've Got To Read This: Contemporary American Writers Introduce Stories That Held Them In Awe (New York: HarperPerennial, 1994).
"Alvarez Describes Home," a chapter on descriptive writing in Writer's Choice: Composition and Grammar Text for Eighth Graders (Glencoe: Macmillan/Mc-Graw Hill, 1993).
"Learning English, My New Found Land," New York Newsday, February 22, l993.
"Black Behind the Ears," Essence Magazine, February 1993.
"My English," Brújula/Compass, fall 1992; reprinted in Conversations: Readings for Writing, 4th edition (Boston: Alyn and Bacon, 2000); in Switching Languages: Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2003); in The Writer's Presence: A Pool of Readings, 4th edition (Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003).
"My Second Opera," The Lane Series, 1992-1993.
"Hold The Mayonnaise," Hers Column, New York Times Magazine, January 12, 1992; reprinted in The McGraw-Hill Reader (New York: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company, 1994); in Aims and Options: A thematic Approach to Writing (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1994); in We, Too, Sing America: A Reader For Writers (Boston: McGraw Hill, 1997); in Transitions : From Reading to Writing, second edition (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1998); in Interactions: A Thematic Reader (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2000, also Fifth edition, 2003); in New Directions for Writers, Volume 1 (New York: Longman, 2003).
"An American Childhood in the Dominican Republic," The American Scholar, winter 1987.
Book Reviews of The Little School: Tales of Disappearance and Survival in Argentina by Alicia Partnoy; of Assumptions by Marilyn Hacker; of Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich in Belles Lettres: A Review of Books By Women, fall 1986, summer 1985, fall 1985, respectively.
"Names/Nombres," Nuestro, March 1985; reprinted in Beyond Expectations: Treasury of Literature (New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich, 1993); in Shades of Gold: Treasury of Literature (New York: Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995); in Perspectives: Authentic Voices of Latinos (North Billerica: Curriculum Associates, 1995); in Adventures for Readers (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1996); in Choices in Literature: /American Tapestry (Needham: Prentice Hall, 1997); in Elements of Literature: Comprehensive Audio Program (Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1998); in Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes (Needham: Prentice Hall, Inc., 2000); in Literature: The Reader's Choice: Course 2 (New York: Glencoe/McGraw Hill, 2000); in Elements of Literature: First Course (Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2000); in Literature & Language Arts, First Course (New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003); in Elements of Literature: First Course (Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2003).
"Silver Linings," New Mexico Humanities Review, winter 1984.
"Voices: A Look Back At Dominican Humor," Nuestro, November 1984.
Book review of Beside Herself: Pocahantas to Patty Hearst by Pamela White Hadas, 13th Moon: Vol. 8, Nos. 1 & 2, fall 1984.
"Quake Revives Nuclear Fears," Burlington Free Press, October 16, 1983.
"Snow and the Bomb," Artists for Social Responsibility, #6, September 1983.
"A Girl's Great Expectations," Commonwoman, June 1983.
"El Doctor," Revista Chicano-Riqueña, Vol. 10, No. 3, 1982; reprinted in Outlooks and Insights: A Reader for Writers (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1983); in The Writer's Craft (Glenview.: Scott, Foresman, Co., 1986); in Across Cultures: A Reader for Writers (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1991); in Latino Caribbean Literature (Paramus: Paramount Publishing, 1993); in The Floating Borderlands: Twenty-Five Years of U.S. Hispanic Literature (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1998).
"Huck Finn's Favorite Class: Initiation," English Journal, May 1979.
"Old Age Ain't For Sissies . . . Neither is Poetry," Spectra, April/May 1979.
"Bilingual Poetry in the Schools," Teachers and Writers Magazine, spring 1979.
"Simplicity in the Schools," The American Poetry Review, May/June 1977.
"Morning XI," "Ode to Barbed Wire" by Pablo Neruda, The Barataria Review, June 1977.
"Afternoon LIV," "Afternoon LV," "Ode to the Diver," "Ode to Poetry" by Pablo Neruda, The Tower, June 1977.
"Ode to the Lab Assistant," "Ode to Numbers" by Pablo Neruda, The Bitter Oleander, Vol. 2, No. 1.
"Ode to the Scissors," "Ode to the Sleeping House" by Pablo Neruda, Pan American Review, spring 1975.
"Ode to Criticism," "Ode to Secret Love" by Pablo Neruda, The Bitter Oleander, Vol. 1, No. 2.
"Morning I," "Morning XX," "Noon XXXVI" by Pablo Neruda, Pulse: The Lamar Review, spring 1973.
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In contemporary American political discourse, there are two poles of authority and power: the individual and the state. Their relationship is inverse and antagonistic; as one waxes, the other wanes. Thus, our world is split conceptually between the realm of state authority and the realm of individual autonomy, and politics is the working-out of the boundary between the two. Politicians may pay lip service to concepts such as "family" and "community," but ultimately the individual-state bipolar scheme is buttressed by the rhetoric of both economic libertarianism and sexual liberation, among other popular philosophies. We are steeped in it, whether we like it or not.
This analysis provides the conceptual framework in which to consider an essay by Rutgers Law Professor Mark S. Weiner in the Chronicle of Higher Education entitled "The Paradox of Individualism." It's an essay with much to offer, both in what it gets right and what it gets wrong.
First, though, let's begin with another stipulation. One of the primary goals of a liberal society, for better or for worse, is to maximize individual autonomy. As Weiner puts it, "[Liberal individualism] rightly views personal autonomy as among the highest human goods—and justified by natural law." Freedom is, moreover, a necessary condition for moral action by individuals. And so the question for liberalism is, how do we minimize the likelihood that individuals' actions will be limited or dictated by coercion?
Weiner's primary thesis, from which the title of his essay emerges, is a challenge to libertarians of both the right and the left, but particularly to that peculiar brand of individualist conservatism that motivates political actors from Grover Norquist and his Americans for Tax Reform to the insurgency broadly labeled the "Tea Party" movement. It also happens to be conceptually correct.
It runs like this: if we think of society solely or even primarily in terms of individuals and the state, the two concepts will necessarily collapse into one another. A society made up only of atomized individuals will require a robust state in order to ensure some measure of autonomy and to keep order. Weiner puts that "paradox" this way: "But in practice [individual] autonomy is possible only through the unnatural institution of the state… It is a healthy state, dedicated to the public interest, that makes the kind of freedom justified by universal reason and human dignity possible."
Why so? Because, in the absence of a robust state, Weiner predicts a future in which individuals are under the thumb of "extended families," "religious organizations," "militant trade unions and guilds," "racial gangs and crime syndicates," and "transnational corporations." The problems created by these clans begin with restrictions of autonomy, and continue to exclusive provision of services and institutional self-serving:
Whereas the state once provided its many goods to individuals as individuals, these groups afford them to their members only. And they are guided not by the abstract ideals of the public good and the inherent rights of the individual but rather by the practical needs of their organizations and by the internal hierarchies within them.
We can fairly distill this critique into the following: the "rule of the clan" places significant power into the hands of institutions and leaders outside the purview of the state, and this power will be corrupting, leading to misuse and abuse.
The problem, then, is power. Power limits autonomy, and power corrupts. But why should we be less suspicious of the state than of the clannish institutions of civil society? There are plenty of examples of non-state institutions acting in the public interest, just as there are examples of government being corrupted by private and parochial interests. Weiner appeals to concepts such as the "inherent rights of the individual," but what in our history suggests that the state can be trusted to act on principle, especially compared to the institutions of civil society? Whom do Americans trust more: the federal government or their local Rotary?
For the sake of argument, however, let's assume that all institutions and associations, from the family all the way up to national bureaucracies, are equally suspicious loci of power. Recognizing this, how do we clear out as much space as possible for individual autonomy?
The fundamental error of contemporary political discourse is the elimination of civil society as a source of structure, authority, and power. Civil society consists of the diversity of associations—family, guild, charity, club— into which people naturally organize themselves if free to do so. For the famous sociologist of community Robert Nisbet, and the traditionalists who take after his thought, it is from here that social dynamism and solidarity springs. More than that, following an anthropological tradition going back to Aristotle, these traditionalists understand mankind as a social creature that will relentlessly seek out the meaning and security that can only be found in community. The interlocking matrices of authority and power inherent in organic, thriving civil society provide the surest bulwarks against the metastasis of the state.
His account of the robust state as the unitary source of power and authority, moreover, reminds one of nothing so much as Rousseau's infamous formulation from The Social Contract that the people shall be "forced to be free." For in what does the autonomy promised by Weiner's state actually consist? Lacking any practical limiting factor, such as grappling with competing sources of power and authority, it is only whatever freedom is graciously granted by the state.
Freedom, then, is always contingent on the continued goodwill of the state. Even when the state is sincerely pursuing autonomy and the "inherent rights of the individual," though, without legitimate competing poles of power and authority, that pursuit is likely to manifest itself as the steamrolling of dissent from faddish definitions of those abstract concepts. If the state fashions itself as the only legitimate preserver and protector of the liberal project, then the people will (must!) acquiesce to the gathering of powers and privileges to fulfill that sacred charge.
Nisbet describes this conception of unitary power thus: "It is power of this type—not merely absolute but often bland, providential, minute, and sealing—that has reduced so many of the social and cultural frictions that cultural advancement has depended upon, historically; that even intellectual energy depends upon." A key word here that points toward the superiority of a diversity of social poles of power and authority, and that demands some unpacking, is "sealing."
Natural human society isn't the broad, flat, limitless and featureless landscape promised by Weiner (which he admits is "unnatural"). Rather it is a craggy and irregular terrain, with layers of cultural sediment built up diversely and unequally through time. There are summits of authority, and fissures in which creativity bubbles, like the proverbial primordial soup. Nisbet describes these fissures as "the interstices within which creativity and freedom thrive." These unpredictable sources of emergent ideas and authorities threaten the unitary state, and thus are filled in, or sealed.
The continuing existence of these fissures depends on the existence of a diversity of powers. If power is to be suspected, as we have every reason to believe it must, then the solution must not be to centralize it, but to pit it against itself. Nisbet argues that,
But from the point of view of the real, the historical roots of liberal democracy, freedom has rested neither upon release nor upon collectivization but upon the diversification and the decentralization of power in society. In the division of authority and the multiplication of its sources lie the most enduring conditions of freedom. "The only safeguard against power," warned Montesquieu, "is rival power."
These rivalries will manifest themselves, as any observer of local politics knows, in frustrating conflicts both petty and substantial. But it is precisely this frustration—frustration of the coercive power latent in all authorities—that recommends this social and political vision.
The problem, then, with Weiner's thesis that individualism and statism are not the mortal enemies of popular political imagination is not that it is wrong, but that it doesn't go far enough. The "paradox of individualism" is deeper, and goes like this: the way to ensure maximum individual autonomy is, in fact, not to aim directly for individual autonomy at all. For in "liberating" individuals from the natural, craggy collection of authorities that make up civil society, we make them susceptible to the inescapable and irresistible power of the unitary state. In trying to ensure maximal expression of the individual talents and eccentricities that make human life so interesting, we end up submitting to a bland power that seeks to level difference, not embrace it.
Rather, the direct aim of a society that seeks individual autonomy should be at a thriving, dynamic, organic civil society. It is here where multiplicities of authorities and allegiances allow for the construction of authentic individual identities, while frustrating the latent coercive power that would subsume those identities. It is here where people are not "forced to be free," but can live in genuine freedom, together.


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Real Estate Vidauban: Villas and Houses for Sale
Vidauban is a lively, working village well located on the old RN 7, just 35 minutes from the Bay of St Tropez at either Sainte Maxime or Port Grimaud. Centred around an attractive square in front of the Mairie, the village offers an excellent choice of bars and restaurants - from pizza and pancake parlours to fine restaurants offering haute cuisine. The recent completion of the long-promised ring road has transformed the centre of the village into a bustling pedestrian-friendly area. There is a water sports club on the River Argens which flows beside the town and just the other side of the river is the magnificent Chateau d'Astros which is renowned not only for its fine wines but also its fruit orchards.
There is easy access to the A8 motorway with junctions both East and West of the village. An added bonus is the TGV station just 10 minutes away at Les Arcs. Toulon-St Tropez and Nice Airports are both only 40 minutes away. Excellent access.
Being a traditional Provençal village there are no apartments in Vidauban, but a good choice of village houses in the centre and larger villas with grounds generally to the South of the village or in the smaller commune of Taradeau just 5 minutes away to the North-east.


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I usually take Valentine's Day as a day off, if I can. Because it's Jetsam and Pip's birthdays, and it's Valentine's Day. Unlike most other people, I actually like Valentine's Day. I think of it as a day when you let people know that you are thinking of them and love them, as opposed to a day only for romantic love. Growing up, we always got a card on Valentine's Day, and usually some little gift - often candy, maybe a book, a pair of earrings, something. And yes, I do agree that you should let people know that they are special/that you love them every day, but so what? Should I skip my birthday because other people may have also been born that day? (As Basil Fawlty would say, "Not bloody likely.")
So, I had planned the day off on Friday, and then it turns out that Monday is President's Day, which is a holiday where I work. A nice four-day weekend. Then it snowed big-time on Wednesday, so we actually had a snow day on Thursday - that hardly ever happens! But it did mean I ended up with a five-day weekend - YAY!!
Granted, I have not felt great, as I think I am getting a cold - sore throat, congestion, aches - but the fact is that I AM NOT AT WORK. And I'm loving every single minute. I'm getting things done, but also enjoying lots of down time, cuddles with the kitties and Dug, and time with The Tim when he is home. My time is my own, for real.
A lot of people might think that I should use this time to do as much as possible. But I am trying to: a) avoid getting really sick, so taking it easy, and b) making an effort to tell myself that every waking minute does not have to be "useful" to be worthwhile.
Plus, I get to be at home! As much as I enjoy traveling and exploring, home is truly where my heart is. and there are two WHOLE days left!
Sometimes, life is good. :-)
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This is the time of year that I start freshening up my home – you know, rearranging furniture, choosing a few new accessories like updated throw pillows, getting rid of old knick knacks and clutter. If you're like me, you will flip over this unexpected sale on canvases! Your favorite image on canvas is such a beautiful and timeless way to update your home with real, custom art – far beyond the quality of stock artwork from department stores, or family photography from the chain studios. And the best part is that you can hang it as soon as you receive it – no waiting for the time & expense of framing!
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Yesterday I was biking trough my university campus on my way to catch a train to Amsterdam, when al of the sudden I heard loud braking sounds. When I looked where the sound came from I saw a car coming towards me… The next seconds seemed like eternity but somehow I managed to make a turn with my bike so that the car only hit me and my bike from the back. When I was lying on the ground, the driver yelled something at me which I can't even remember and drove off!
I wasn't really hurt but shocked! Thank god for the lovely people that helped me. After they took care of me, one guy even managed to fix my bike. People and actions like that can truly make my day!


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Catholic Recipe: Stuffed Pork Shoulder Roast
- 4–6 lb. pork shoulder roast
Stuff with:
- 1/2 cup diced fresh cranberries
- 1 apple, diced
- 2/3 cup prunes cut into bits
- 1/2–2/3 cup raisins
Serves: 8
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The fruit stuffing in the roast symbolizes the good works of St. Nicholas--some done in secret, hidden from others' eyes, and some done openly.
Bake in oven for about 3–3 1/2 hours at 350º F. Or cook in crock pot all day slowly.Recipe Source: St. Michael the Archangel Online
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I talked with Dr. Perlingieri two weeks before her passing; she was then gravely ill. When I offered to help assemble a construction crew to help finish the humble hut being built on her land in the mountains to house her, she told me to hold off. This was even though she — a soul of her magnitude at age 74 — was essentially homeless in our sick society. Now I understand why she did so; she may at that time have had some unspoken intimations of her own imminent mortality.
Her last words to me were, that anyone of good will who sought to help the earth and her people were welcome on her land to help build a prototype community during the Earth's transition period. She said that this included the positive galactic forces, who were welcome to land there as well.
Dr. Perlingieri was a targeted individual, with several attempts on her life by the globalist cabal that I personally know of, using environmental toxins directly delivered from the air. Her life was spared on all of these occasions, but it was her constant general exposure to these airborne toxins that eventually resulted in her untimely death from apparent heart-lung failure.
The link below includes a link to a video of Dr. Perlingieri's opening keynote address at the Consciousness Beyond Chemtrails Conference in August 2012, which will give anyone interested enough to watch it a glimpse of why she was universally beloved and respected by all those who, like she did, have dedicated their lives to the preservation of personal and environmental integrity on earth. — REC


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Aaron Rublee
Aaron Rublee started paddling in Kamloops before moving to other clubs for training.
A multiple World Cup canoe medalist and a member of Canada's World Championships teams, he is now completing his Economics degree in Ottawa.
When and why were you in B.C.?
I lived in BC until I moved to Regina in 2005
What are your paddling career highlights and accomplishments?
- Represented my country in multiple international Regattas
- Member of Burloak Canoe Club
- Member of Wascana Racing Canoe Club
- Member of Kamloops Canoe and Kayak Club
What is your favourite paddling moment?
My favourite moments in paddling are the rare occasions when my preparations for a race and my execution of that race resulted in crossing the finish line first. As well as racing with partners and team mates in team events.
What are you doing now ?
I am completing my degree in Economics.
Are you still involved in the paddle sports? If yes, how?
I always look for ways to help other athletes and pass on any experiences and unsolicited advice that I have.
What impact did paddling in B.C. have on you professionally and personally?
- Paddling in BC gives you a wonderful perspective on the hard work needed to achieve an success in sport.
- The BC environment is somewhat isolated from the rest of CKC so the community and athletes have to be a little more self sufficient and self reliant.
- The beautiful natural environment is also a very good setting to provide some perspective. Helping the athletes to realize that Sport is supposed to be enjoyable and that outcome isn't the most important thing.


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Downtown truly is the door step of the city. It's our face to the world. Ask someone about St. Louis and they'll probably say St. Louie...yeah, the Arch. For better or worse, DT defines the St. Louis metropolitan region as a whole. The DT experience is the St. Louis experience for many, if not most suburbanites, regional visitors, tourists and even some citizens of St. Louis. It's a fact that many in the region refer to the entire City of St. Louis as "Downtown"...so the stakes are high. A vibrant DT means a vibrant STL to most. A 3X gain of residents in Kings Oak will not have nearly the same impact as a similar gain in DT would...and for that, I'm optimistic for St. Louis' future for first impressions, etc. The historic tax credits have largely made this boost in residents happen, that and the growing trend of people wanting to live in cities. In spite of the cities free wheelin' issuance of demolition permits and lust for parking lots, many vacant warehouse, office and factory buildings have been transformed to lofts, apartments, condos, new office/retail space, etc. It's been an amazing transformation to witness. DT was dead in the 1980's. When I moved here in 1994, it was gritty and vacant and starkly surreal, like a mothballed outdoor museum for cool buildings. Now it's everything from gritty to swanky...yet still cool. It's been a damn good 20 years for DT St. Louis. Despite all the job and tax base poaching that Clayton, Missouri and other cities in the suburbs have done to St. Louis over the last 50 years, DT is still the Central Business District and must continue to lure business, jobs and residents if it's to stay on it upward trend.
The Central West End Neighborhood
CWE is arguably St. Louis' greatest, most vibrant neighborhood. It's got so much to offer that almost any right-minded city lover would desire to call the CWE home. Geez where do I start?
How about the location? CWE has direct proximity to Forest Park, easy access to I-64, the previously mentioned Metrolink/MetroBus access, a world-class hospital complex, multiple independent and chain restaurants, independent shopping/galleries, bars, mixed architecture, civilized movie theatre, public library branch, walkable streets, mid-century mod buildings, history, economic/racial/ethnic diversity, you name it....CWE has it all. It's the perfect neighborhood for a date night, a must-stop on visitor tours of St. Louis and a great spot for lunch/dinner or a snack before heading to Downtown, Forest Park or many of the other nearby draws of Grand Center, Midtown Alley, etc. The presence of Barnes/Jewish, Children's Hospital and Washington University Medical School also make this a powerhouse employment area.
The Baden Neighborhood
Check out the roundabout at the convergence of Goodfellow, Halls Ferry, Riverview, and Lewis and Clark Blvd; it reminds me of the Tempest screen. There just aren't that many roundabouts in St. Louis, but this one is very cool. The St. Louis County cities of Bellefontaine Neighbors and Jennings abut Baden to the north and west.
Baden became part of St. Louis in 1876, but was never incorporated as a city prior to that date. It has the distinction of being a north side residential neighborhood that had a GAIN in population at 3% in the 2000 Census count. However, that momentum was not sustained from 2000-2010 when Baden lost 14% of its residents. The 2010 Census data showed the racial demographics of 92% black and 6% white. St. Louis continues to take a beating in loss of residents. People are voting with their feet and Baden, like nearly all neighborhoods, felt that sentiment.
The Greater Ville Neighborhood
I can only imagine what the Greater Ville must have been like when this was a bustling, successful neighborhood.
This seems to be another neighborhood with an identity crisis, it could simply be called the Ville, no? In fact, the neighborhood link on the city website does link to the Ville's site for information.
This has got to be one of the most neglected and struggling parts of town. I love it here and hate it here all at the same time. I can't sum it up in writing how I feel when I read about the great history of places like the Ville and then go visit them and see the overwhelming decay and negativity.
The Carondelet Neighborhood
As you can see I-55 butchered Carondelet and divided it in two. It's a rough cut that makes access nearly impossible by foot/bike. It's a sad part of Carondelet's long history.
Carondelet used to be an independent city founded in 1767 by Clement DeLore de Treget, until St. Louis absorbed it in 1870. The Patch neighborhood was also originally part of Carondelet, but is now a distinct neighborhood. Most St. Louisans think of the Patch as Carondelet anyhow, and it's branded as such, so why not just merge them? The charming area around the Ivory Theatre which includes several cafes and bars has a big "City of Carondelet" painting in the middle of the road.
The Dutchtown Neighborhood
Dutchtown was the first neighborhood I moved to when coming to St. Louis in 1994. I think my rent was around $225/month. Not bad for a recent college grad with no money. I fell in love with the City with Dutchtown as my home base. At that time I rode my bike everywhere and Dutchtown was VERY walkable and easy to get around with many intra-neighborhood businesses, etc. It was a nice place to call home then and now.
Dutchtown takes its name from from Deutsch, i.e., "German", as it was the southern center of German settlement in St. Louis in the early 19th Century. The neighborhood was designed with pride and craftsmanship; it was built to last.
The Riverview Neighborhood
Riverview was one of the few neighborhoods to gain residents in the 2010 Census count. There are now 304 people calling Riverview home! 69% black, 29% white and 2% Hispanic/Latino.
This is a unique place in St. Louis: it's shape, its topography, etc. It's really just a narrow sliver of land wedged between the St. Louis County cities of Glasgow Village, Riverview (the Village) and Bellefontaine Neighbors and of course the mighty Mississippi River. There's a lot going on in this little neighborhood of St. Louis.
The Bevo Mill Neighborhood
If St. Louis is to ever succeed and turn the tides of massive, staggering population losses decade after freaking decade, it will need an influx of immigrants that will save us from declining population numbers. I have a lot of first hand experience with Bevo, as I lived around here for nearly 10 years. Bosnians are saviors of the storefronts along Gravois. There are countless restaurants, coffee bars and watering holes along here. I learned of Eastern European food here and I am forever thankful for the Bosnian influence in St. Louis. These are great, hard working, honest people. Were it not for Bosnians, it would be nearly impossible to get fresh, artisan bread (kruh) and Eastern European delicacies in St. Louis.
The Jeff Vander Lou Neighborhood
Anyhow, the obvious guess is that Jeff Vander Lou takes it's name from Jefferson and Vandeventer which serve as east/west boundaries, but where does the "Lou" come from? Sure St. Louis Avenue runs through the neighborhood, but Natural Bridge is the northern boundary and Delmar the southernmost boundary. Maybe we should change the name to a more contemporary and accurate moniker such as Natty Del Vandy Jeff...just kidding...I think Jeff Vander Lou is cool sounding and next to the Patch, is my favorite St. Louis neighborhood name.
An acquaintance alerted me to keep my eye out for some of the coolest street names in the entire city right in JVL. It's true there are some gems, and I feel I've gotta give a tribute to some of my favorites...
The Tower Grove South Neighborhood (Updated March, 2017)
GS is a major urban success story of the last 15 years. It's got the makings of the perfect St. Louis neighborhood: a stunning park within walking distance, 2 major commercial districts, fabulous architecture and a strong neighborhood association. The bad news is, it experienced a 10% loss of residents from 2000-2010, even our nicest neighborhoods continue to post losses as TGS is down to 13,333 people. Anyhow, this is still a highly desirable neighborhood and I'd put it up there as a clear top 10 for St. Louis places to live, work and play. The neighborhood has a progressive feel.
The Southwest Garden Neighborhood
Southwest Garden is really a tale of two neighborhoods. First is the area east of Kingshighway which seems older and more similar to the Shaw neighborhood. The thing that really sets the eastern half apart and makes it special is the multitude of well maintained, tidy, beautiful multi-family dwellings and apartments. The curving streets and courts in the northeastern portion of the neighborhood east of Kingshighway are among the coolest, most charming parts of the city.
The O'Fallon Neighborhood
It will be interesting to see if the membership rates are the same at both locations, or if they stick it to the south siders. It will also be interesting to see if they have the YMCA run the facility. I hope they do, because they run a tight ship. The proximity of this new recreation complex along with the fact that the neighborhood has a bright, dedicated young alderman, Antonio French, who I am confident can lead the area in the right direction. And to add to the positive trajectory of the area, all the buildings in the O'Fallon neighborhood will be in a historic district as of 2012. It will be nominated as a National Register of Historic Places. See the full story at the Preservation Research Office.
This is great news, as there are some AMAZING homes just south of O'Fallon Park. They are among the best looking mansions in the city rivaling Holly Hills Boulevard, Lindell, DeBaliviere and other great areas, but O'Fallon has not fared as well as far as retaining people with the means and dedication to maintain the architectural heritage.
The Downtown West Neighborhood
Most people in the region, and even city residents consider DTW to be Downtown. In fact, DTW doesn't even have it's own link on the city website, it simply points to the DT website. This is yet another data point toward my hypothesis that St. Louis could consolidate many of its neighborhoods down from 79 to ~50. But make no mistake, this is an important part of the city, and one of our greatest, most high-profile parts of town. It is a distinct neighborhood gaining population and is an extremely important connection between Downtown and the burgeoning Midtown area giving us a more and more impressive central corridor.
The Wells/Goodfellow Neighborhood
As with any neighborhoods in a state of severe residential decline, there are signs of when the area was thriving and quite dense; but sadly, those days are over. There were the once bustling commercial corridors of MLK, Natural Bridge, Goodfellow, Union and St. Louis Avenue, as well as signs of many intra-neighborhood corner stores...
The Vandeventer Neighborhood
Another quote from wikipedia on the "obliterated" Vandeventer Place:
Vandeventer Place, opened in 1870 and included a house design by H.H. Richardson. Vandeventer Place has been completely obliterated, with the exception of the east gate, which was removed to Forest Park.
These gates are visible today right by the Jewel Box in Forest Park. They were moved there in 1950. There's a nice write up of the gates at the St. Louis Patina blog...
The Fairground Park Neighborhood
It's hard to think about the massive losses we've experienced as a city over the years. It's hard to believe we let this happen. What a disposable society we are that allows this kind of architecture and history to fall by the wayside. Fairground Park is crumbling and is a tad threatening in more ways than one. This has been a volatile place when it comes to race relations in St. Louis going back to the 1940s. There was some major violence back in 1949 when the city ordered the desegregation of the swimming pools in the park. After a couple days of violence and blood shed, the city decided to go back to segregation. There's an excellent retelling of the story summarized on the Missouri History Museum website...
The North Riverfront Neighborhood
The vast majority of structures are surface lots for trucking distribution and other operations. Metal scrap yards, recycling facilities, salvage yards and contemporary metal sheds housing businesses of all kinds. I tried to point out the areas with a little more character, so you won't get a real feel for what the neighborhood looks like...which is frankly quite bland. For instance the Dial Corporation has a huge facility that makes detergents; but it's really nothing special to look at. Another thing to point out is that much of the property in North Riverfront is private and access is a challenge. The best way to take in this "neighborhood" (really an industrial area) is from atop the hills of Calvary Cemetery or from the Riverfront Trail. If you haven't checked out the 10 mile asphalt Riverfront Trail, you must. It takes you right along the Mississippi River in some spots and and also skirts some impressive industrial operations allowing you sight access to some otherwise unattainable areas. A ride north of Downtown will serve as an important reminder that St. Louis is still a working river town.
Hyde Park Neighborhood
There are lots and lots and lots of dilapidated and crumbling structures new and old in Hyde Park today. But I just can't put my finger on the way these neighborhoods make me feel. On one hand, it's clearly depressing to witness, but on the other hand, you can't help but notice the beauty and care that went into making this neighborhood an important place. The Germans that settled here did there best at making this a European-like self-contained turn of the 19th Century masterpiece of a neighborhood. Their diligence and good design can still be felt today, and it's awe inspiring. There's evidence of some positive efforts from those that have stuck it out over the years and maybe some new investment going into maintaining this place. Maybe enough to stabilize it for future generations to try to figure it out and fix it so it's a show place and contributor to St. Louis status as the premier American city of neighborhoods.
The Peabody Darst Webbe Neighborhood
So this neighborhood can be broken down into 3 main areas: 1) the small area between Doleman Street and Truman Parkway, 2) the area of subsidized housing taking up the majority of the neighborhood and 3) the area consisting of the former city hospital property and Bohemian Hill area just south of Lafayette Avenue.
I'll start with the row of houses and fallow grounds between Doleman Street and Truman Parkway. Literally speaking the area east of Doleman is Peabody Darst Webbe territory, but for all practical purposes, this area should be considered part of Lafayette Square. In fact the city or the Lafayette Square neighborhood organization have erected a fence to physically separate Lafayette from it's eastern neighbors in PDW.
The Kingsway West Neighborhood
Not unlike Kingsway East, I would describe the current state of Kingsway West in the area between "holding on" and "stable". It's seen better days, but there are still businesses serving the area, a decent park with tennis courts, ball fields, a football field and indoor/outdoor swimming pool in the Wohl Community Center and enough housing stock in decent condition to provide hope for a bright future.


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Having so much time off in the week is making me really productive when it comes to sewing. My current job situation has me working only Saturdays and Sundays, which has put a little dampener on my social life, but has given me plenty of time to sew and job hunt for something with better hours. I've done so much sewing I now have a back log of stuff to share!
On one shopping trip with my friend who runs the vintage stall on our local market I found a small bundle of fabric in one of the second hand shops which had a good length of navy blue fabric. I think it is linen. There was about 1-1.5m of that and a smaller piece of very polyester-y fabric, which I don't think I'm going to find a use for. The price for both pieces was £2 so I couldn't leave them behind. I envisioned the blue linen as a skirt right away, but then had to decide which of my lovely vintage skirt patterns it would grow up to be.
I finally settled on this Simplicity pattern from 1971, thinking the bias cut version would make a nice change from the A-line options that this and other patterns I have offer.
The construction of this skirt was wonderfully quick, I had it cut out and assembled in about an hour and a half- I did then have to make a couple of sizing adjustments, but in principal a super quick make! The pattern is one size too small for my waist, so I traced it and added half an inch to each piece ( =2" altogether), but when I finished and tried it on it was way too big and sat on my hips, not my waist, and was very unflattering! I then took out the 2" I had put in in the first place and now it fits perfectly!
The pattern comes in two lengths- normal and mini, so being short I decided on mini- knowing the definition of mini has shrunk over the last 40 years. This was totally the right call as the mini length still goes down to my knees! This will have a lot to do with my height of course, I'm just glad I made that call.
I'm really please with this skirt in the end, for one thing it's a plain fabric, which makes it a potential staple of my wardrobe and not another thing I'll make and never wear. And it's quite different to other pieces in my wardrobe, I wear a lot of black bottoms but this mixes things up just a little bit. Lastly, this is another project completed on my A/W sewing plans, so yay!
Monday, 3 February 2014
Classic Vintage Bias Skirt
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