Table of Contents:
  • The border's literary tradition and its sense of place. A "Southern Renaissance" for Texas letters / José E. Limón
  • The Texas-Mexico border: this writer's sense of place / Rolando Hinojosa-Smith
  • De las voces de muchos. The rain parade / Paul Pedroza
  • One pinto bean ; When I was younger ; Ancient houses / Ray Gonzalez
  • Voyeurism, or, The third-party politician / Dalel Serda
  • Ojos de dios : that's what I said / Tammy Melody Gomez
  • Coyotes / Cooper Renner
  • Invocation ; El amor prohibido el paso / Abigail Carl-Klassen
  • Southbound / Genaro Gonzalez
  • How to be la llorona for the city of Sullivan that has no sidewalks / Veronica Sandoval
  • Escalera / Ben Roberts
  • Ursular ; Calm licks the night / Joseph Daniel Haske
  • Popeye was an American citizen and so am I / René Saldaña Jr.
  • Border illusion ; Silence / Gene Keller
  • The window / Brian Van Reet
  • Serape ; Prospective titles for a border thesis / Rodney Gomez
  • La huesera, or, Flesh to bone / Irene Lara Silva
  • Ode por el amor imprevisto / John D. Fry
  • Fertile / Gabriela Ybarra Lemmons
  • Wireless panteón / Lauren Espinoza
  • The border is a good place to live / Agustín Cadena ; translated by Pat Dubrava
  • Wild woman of the Navidad / Shawnee Wren
  • From Mariguano: a novel / Juan Ochoa
  • Border ; El Paso women / Sheryl Luna
  • The 29th of April / Flores
  • Dear Celan ; [Magic needed] / Emmy Pérez
  • Corrido / Brian Allen Carr
  • El Paso and the sister city / Jorge Azcárate
  • LoneStar special / David René Solis
  • Quitclaim / Sean Chadwell
  • Sonnet for human smugglers ; Tough guy / Octavio Quintanilla
  • The loss of Juárez / Sergio Troncoso
  • And old Guerrero waits ; Across / Chip Dameron
  • Stupids / Christine Granados
  • Santa de las Embarazadas / Beatriz Guzmán Velásquez
  • Cobb and me / Robert Paul Moreira
  • Daiquiri / Pat Mora
  • Un frontera pocho en San Antonio / Isaac Chavarria
  • Contrabandista epistle / Jim Sanderson
  • El Paso / Kevin Prufer
  • Vozilencio: river of voices / Richard Yañez
  • La polvadera: border murder ; Desert nectar on scenic drive / Robin Scofield
  • Baseball over the moon / Kathryn Lane
  • The bone box/Waka Tupapaku / Carmen Tafolla
  • A starving Indian woman / John MacAyeal
  • Raspas, tequila y balazos ; Where are you, home? / Brenda Nettles Riojas
  • My better border / Chuck Taylor
  • Contributors
  • Credits
  • Index.