Reyes Cárdenas Chicano Poet 1970-2010

Reyes Cardenas Chicano Poet 1970-2010 is a 40-year retrospective of Reyes Cárdenas’ life and work. It is divided into the following 11 sections: Selections from Chicano Territory (1970); Los Pachucos y La Flying Saucer (1975, the only novella in this anthology, originally published in Caracol magazine); Selections from Anti-Bicicleta Haiku (1976); Selections from Survivors of the Chicano Titanic (1981); Elegy for John Lennon (1982); Selections from I Was Never a Militant Chicano (1986); Homage to Robinson (2008); The Collected Poems of Artemio Sánchez (2009); Meeting Mr. Incognito (2010); Poems from chicanopoet.blogspot.com (2004-2010); and From Aztlan to the Moons of Mars: A Chicano Verse Novela (2010).

Of the eleven sections, five are selections from previous publications, and six are new, never before published collections of poetry. This book also features cover artwork and 11 original black and white title-page illustrations for each section by San Antonio artist, L.A. David; plus, an introductory essay on Reyes’ work by noted Chicano literary critic, Associate Professor of English, and Director of the Mexican American Studies Center at Texas Lutheran University, Juan Rodríguez.