Cancula

Winner of the Premio Aztln Literary Prize Canculathe dog daysa particularly intense part of the summer when most cotton is harvested in South Texas. In Norma Cants fictionalized memoir of Laredo in the 1940s, 1950s, and early 1960s, it also represents a time between childhood and a still-unknown adulthood. Snapshots and the authors re-created memories allow readers to experience the pivotal events of this worldbirths, deaths, injuries, fiestas, and rites of passage. In celebration of the twentieth anniversary of the original publication, this updated edition includes newly written pieces as well as never-before-published imagesculled from hundreds of the authors family photosadding further depth and insight into this unique contribution to Chicana literature.