Blue Mesa Review 9
Cruzando Fronteras

Imagining La Frontera Enrique R. LaMadrid
Cruzando Fronteras E.A. "Tony" Mares
Crossing the Line Lawrence Coates
Aunmuerto Cecilio García-Camarillo
My Space Cecilio García-Camarillo
A Barlovento Ricardo Aguilar Melantzón
To Port Ricardo Aguilar Melantzón Translation by Sandra O. Caldwell
The Story of Piñon as Told by Amado Quintana Holly Romero-Pérez
Freedom Leroy V. Quintana
Those People Who Drink a Lot of Wine Leroy V. Quintana
The Ninth Mint Jim Sagel
Down Doniphan Road Jim Sagel
Buckle up with Jesus Jim Sagel
Noche Guatemalteca Jim Sagel
Mexico Mi Amor Richard Sale
Bailando y Cantando Norma Elia Cantú
Decolonizing the Mind Norma Elia Cantú
Fiestas de Diciembre Norma Elia Cantú
There is a Man on a Rock Charles Bowden
Chencha of the Earth Diana L. Montejano
La Fiebre Diana L. Montejano
Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues Michael A. Thomas
Chavela Olivia Ruiz
Poems & Photographs from Light and Bone/Luz y hueso,
a collaborative manuscript
Carol Dine, Celeste Kostopulos-Cooperman & Andrew Xenios
Desierto: Trozo de Eternidad Enarenada
(From Ventana Abierta) Enruique Cortazar
Breaking and Entering Bobby Byrd
De Golpe/Suddenly Agustín García Delgado
Incubamos/We Incubate... Agustín García Delgado
Violinista/Fiddler Agustín García Delgado
Indocumentado Illegal Gabriel Trujillo
The Dinner Victor Valle
Handwriting Miriam Sagan
At the Border Miriam Sagan
Getting Dressed Ivón Gordon Vailakis
Me Dijiste que Me Fronterizara You Tell me To Become of the Border Ivón Gordon Vailakis
No Me Llames Extranjero Ilegal Don't Call me Illegal Foreigner
Ivón Gordon Vailakis
To Graffiti Myself Is Ivón Gordon Vailakis
Border Ixtaccihuatl
Big Bird Inhabits Rio Grande Valley in 1976 Jan Epton Seale
Borderwomen Triptych Jan Epton Seale
Esposa Juan Ramirez
No Nocturne for the Ravaged Virgil Suárez
What was it All For, Anyway, César, César Chávez? Benjamin A. Sáenz
After Spain: For Edwin Rolfe Benjamin A. Sáenz
Soap and Rabbits Cristina Moreno (Aguilar)
Night-Stand Christina Moreno (Aguilar)
Tijuana's a Movie Set Allyson Shaw
Embaling Evita Lavonne Mueller
Marching with the Mothers Lavonne Mueller
The Spider From Cesar Vallejo's Los Heraldos Negros
Translated by Rebecca Seiferle
Great Circle Rebecca Seiferle
Mezcal William Sheldon
El Nacimiento Maureen Flannery
Speaking of My Tongue Janet Arelis Quezada
The Spelling of My Name Janet Arelis Quezada
Spanish for Travelers Lia Cooper
Guarding the Texas Border Hallie Moore
Dragon Box Ellen Winter
Love Poem with Centipede David Watson
Bear Tales David Watson
Man Made of Myths Aaron D. Begay
Black Hawk Margaret Rozga
Rifle Gap Cactus May
Midnight on Edisto Island Dan Albergotti
Searching for Language on the Exit Ramp Dan Albergotti
The Singing Door Jana Giles
Winner, 1996/97 Blue Mesa Review Graudate Student Fiction Contest
Anniversary Trip James Hoggard
Night Train Allen C. Fischer
v_= Judah Hiat
Loco Week Judah Hiat
Savannah Claude Wilkinson
In Memory of James Wright Robert Burlingame
César Vallejo Robert Burlingame
Felix McKittrick/Lifelines Robert Burlingame
Recitation of the Names Margarita Engle
From "The Sofía Poems":
The Wedding
La Boda
The Wedding March: Sofía Tells Her Little Sister
La Marcha: Sofía Le Cuenta a Su Hermanita
First Child
El Primer Hijo
By Joan Logghe; Translations by Margo Chávez
Famine 33 Gina M. Tabasso
When Meat Was Meat Ken Waldman
Guanacebi Maribel Sosa
The Real Story Elizabeth Campbell
Thirteen Coyotes, Ways Kenneth Lincoln
A Cough as Big as a Thimble Kenneth Lincoln
See a Man.... About a Dog Kenneth Lincoln
Marrying into the World Bob Slaymaker
Why I Write About Sports Michael Sweeney
Lost Barbara Lingerfelt
Original Sin Barbara Lingerfelt
Magic Mirror: A Sestina Alicia Vogl Sáenz
Me, Tito, & a Sonnet Kyle Rojas
Restoration in Richmond, Virginia Bronson Elliott
Winner, 1996/97 Blue Mesa Review Graduate Student Poetry Contest
The Portfolio Donald N.S. Unger
Headwaters Richard Bodner
California Susan Luzzaro
Friends Richard Vargas
On the Morning After the Sandinistas Lose the Election,
Rafaél is Lost Bill Siegel
My Likeness, My Brother Mark Johnston
Foreign Tongues Elizabeth Rosner
Mirage Walter Bargen
Drone David Crouse
Coming ACross a Body on Dauphine Street Zachary Thomas
Vieux Carré Joseph Gastiger
Sazerac Joseph Gastiger
American Gothic with Gallows Elisa A. Garza
The Last Stradivarius Elisa A. Garza
Pepperfish Key Jeff Anderson
The Violence of the Dawn Floyd Skloot
Mother is Carried Off Anya Achtenberg
Poem to Graciela, a Young Woman of the Zona Roja Night Sylvia Manning
Office Hour Carol Lem
How I got My Name Carol Lem
To My Ex-Husband Richard Garcia
Elite Syncopations Richard Garcia
Plant Rustlers in the Kali Yuga Askold Skalsky
Life Explosion Kate Bertine
Winner, 1996 Associated Writing Programs Intro Journals Project
Devil's Claw Dana Weimer
Remnants Kay Meier
White Shoes Elizabeth Morse
Nineveh, Hisarlik, Knossos, The Place Where We Lived
June Frankland Baker
A Covenant Meredith Trede
Memories of Logan Square Elisabeth Murawski
Cleaning Sunday's Ducks Steven A. Trulock
Black Lace Lisa Chewning
The Garden of Earthly Delights Pete Fredlake
Waiting To Go On To Canada David Williams
Denise Chávez: Living and Writing on La Frontera
an interview by Holly Romero-Pérez
Exerpt from Face of an Angel Denise Chávez

Book Review:
The Late Great Mexican Border: Reports from a Disappearing Line Julianne White

Music Review:
Viva Beck! Greg Siegal