Renato Rosaldo's new prose poetry collection shares his experiences and those of his group of twelve Mexican American Tucson High School friends known as the Chasers as they grew up, graduated, and fell out of touch. Derived from interviews with the Chasers and three other friends conducted after their fiftieth high school reunion, Rosaldo's poems present a chorus of distinct voices and perspectives that convey the realities of Chicano life on the borderlands from the 1950s to the present.
- Cover
- Contents
- Prelude
- Cast of Characters
- I
- Walnuts
- Never Chicano Enough
- Suddenly Blank
- Nice Meals
- Down the Little Arroyo
- Never Dreamed
- A Dark Side
- Talking with Mom
- Fastest Naked Sprinter
- In the Cactus Chronicle
- The Chaser Mystique
- II
- Playing Ball
- Sports People
- All about Fun
- A Quiet Guy
- In Formation
- Champagne in a Martini Glass
- White, Black, or Blue
- My Inner Mexican Comes In
- No More Oranges
- No Emblem
- Ode to Ralph
- I’d Like the Job
- III
- Not from Tucson
- Ornamental Oranges
- I Never Liked You
- A Place to Stand
- Fiftieth Reunion
- I Was Shaking
- Three Months Older
- Guys on One Side
- In the School Yard
- Erased
- You Won’t Do Well
- IV
- Observing
- Never a Fighter
- Papá y yo hablamos
- Dad and I Talk
- You Were or Were Not
- Raw Eggs
- My Brother Raúl
- I Remember
- An Old Story
- I Am a Chaser
- My Dad Died When I Was Six
- Packager
- Sure Hope We Can Enjoy a Few More Years
- Acknowledgments
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