Essays -- -- A voice of one's own -- This writer's sense of place -- Living on the river -- E pluribus vitae -- Breve pesquisa del Valle del Río Grande -- Puentes -- De noche todos los immigrantes son pardos, con excepciones -- Ni con gasolina -- Crossing the line : The construction of a poem -- '50s Austin : A variform education -- The gulf oil-can Santa Claus -- A few notes on translation -- Chicano literature : An American literature with a difference -- Redefining American literature -- The baroque in the life and literature of the Hispano-American -- -- Stories -- -- Es el agua (Spanish) -- Es al agua (English) -- El puñal de Borges -- Nice climate, Miami