Acknowledgments ix<BR><BR>Introduction: Reading Gloria Anzaldúa, Reading Ourselves . . . Complex Intimacies, Intricate Connections 1<BR><BR>Part One. "Early" Writings<BR><BR>TIHUEQUE 19<BR><BR>To Delia, Who Failed on Principles 20<BR><BR>Reincarnation 21<BR><BR>The Occupant 22<BR><BR>I Want To Be Shocked Shitless 23<BR><BR>The New Speakers 24<BR><BR>Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers 26<BR><BR>The coming of el mundo surdo 36<BR><BR>La Prieta 38<BR><BR>El paisano is a bird of good omen 51<BR><BR>Dream of the Double-Faced Woman 70<BR><BR>Foreword to the Second Edition (of This Bridge Called My Back) 72<BR><BR>Sexuality, Spirituality, and the Body: An Interview with Linda Smuckler 74<BR><BR>Part Two. "Middle" Writings<BR><BR>Enemy of the State 97<BR><BR>Del Otro Lado 99<BR><BR>Encountering the Medusa 101<BR><BR>Creativity and Switching in Modes of Consciousness 103<BR><BR>En Rapport, In Opposition: Cobrando cuentas a las nuestras 111<BR><BR>The Presence 119<BR><BR>Metaphors in the Tradition of the Shaman 121<BR><BR>Haciendo caras, una entrada 124<BR><BR>Bridge, Drawbridge, Sandbar, or Island: Lesbians-of-Color Hacienda Alianzas 140<BR><BR>Ghost Trap/Trampa de espanto 157<BR><BR>To(o) Queer the Writer--Loca, escritora y chicana 163<BR><BR>Border Arte: Nepantla, El Lugar de la Frontera 176<BR><BR>On the Process of Writing Borderlands / La Frontera 187<BR><BR>La vulva is una herida abierta / The vulva is an open wound 198<BR><BR>The New Mestiza Nation: A Multicultural Movement 203<BR><BR>Part Three. Gallery of Images 217<BR><BR>Part Four. "Later" Writings<BR><BR>Foreword to Cassell's Encyclopedia of Queer Myth, Symbol, and Spirit 229<BR><BR>How to 232<BR><BR>Memoir--My Calling; or, Notes for "How Prieta Came to Write" 235<BR><BR>When I write I hover 238<BR><BR>Transforming American Studies: 2001 Bode-Pearson Prize Acceptance Speech 239<BR><BR>Yemayá 242<BR><BR>(Un)natural bridges, (Un)safe spaces 243<BR><BR>Healing wounds 249<BR><BR>Reading LP 250<BR><BR>A Short Q&A between LP and Her Author (GEA) 274<BR><BR>Like a spider in her web 276<BR><BR>Bearing Witness: Their Eyes Anticipate the Healing 277<BR><BR>The Postmodern Llorona 280<BR><BR>Speaking across the Divide 282<BR><BR>Llorona Coyolxauhqui 295<BR><BR>Disability & Identity: An E-mail Exchange & a Few Additional Thoughts 298<BR><BR>Let us be the healing of the wound: The Coyolxauhqui imperative--la sombra y el sueño 303<BR><BR>Appendix 1: Glossary 319<BR><BR>Appendix 2: Timeline: Some Highlights from Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa's Life 325<BR><BR>Bibliography 337<BR><BR>Index 351
