Arturo Islas: The Uncollected Works

by Arturo Islas and Frederick Luis Aldama

Finally, the acclaimed gay Chicano writer's unpublished short fiction, poetry, and essays are available in this collection Prolific poet, essayist, and short story writer, Arturo Islas (1938-1991) is well known for his two insightful novels, The Rain God and Migrant Souls. His untimely death to AIDS truncated a productive and influential career that has left an unbridgeable gap in Latino letters. Islas was a dedicated, thoughtful, and style-conscious...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558853685
• ISBN13: 9781558853683
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: Arte Publico Press
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.7"

Customer Reviews

Must Read for any Interested in Chicano/a and Gay Studies

Dr. Aldama's critical and biographical introduction to the work and life of the late Arturo Islas (author of The Rain God, Migrant Souls, and La Mollie and the King of Tears) beautifully contours the nuances of all of this Chicano author's unpublished poetry, short stories, and scholarly essays. Culled from archives at Stanford University, the many works collected and edited offer a complex view of Arturo Islas who began to explore in fiction and poetry issues of sexual (gay) and racial (Chicano) identity in his early 20s (the late 1950s) while taking classes with Hortense Calisher, Wallace Stegner, and Yvor Winters at Stanford. For any scholar serious about Chicano/a literary studies--or any reader interested in Chicano/a letters generally--this is a must read.