Contemporary Mexican Women Writers

Gabriella de Beer is Professor of Spanish at the City College of New York.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroductionMarÍa Luisa Fuga About the Author and Her WritingConversations with the WriterRepresentative Selections One [“Uno,” from Las razones del lago]Lucrecia [“Lucrecia,” from Intentos]The Guests [“Los invitados,” Unpublished Story]BibliographySilvia Molina About the Author and Her WritingConversations with the WriterRepresentative Selections The New House [“La casa nueva,” from Dicen que me case yo]What Would You Have Done? [“¿QuÉ hubieras hecho?,” from Dicen que me case yo]The Problem [“El problema,” from Imagen de HÉctor]BibliographyBrianda Domecq About the Author and Her WritingConversations with the WriterRepresentative Selections Balzac [“Balzac,” from Bestiario domÉstico]In Memoriam [“In memoriam,” from Bestiario domÉstico]Galatea [“Galatea,” from Bestiario domÉstico]BibliographyCarmen Boullosa About the Author and Her WritingConversations with the WriterRepresentative Selections III [“III,” from Antes]Mary, Why Don’t You? [“Propusieron a MarÍa,” from Teatro herÉtico]BibliographyAngeles Mastretta About the Author and Her WritingConversations with the WriterRepresentative Selections Aunt Clemencia Ortega [“TÍa Clemencia Ortega,” from Mujeres de ojos grandes]Aunt Cristina MartÍnez [“TÍa Cristina MartÍnez,” from Mujeres de ojos grandes]Memory and Precipice [“Memoria y acantilado,” from Puerto libre]BibliographyConclusionFurther Readings