This provocative combination of original poetry, prose, criticism, and visual art documents the continuing growth of literature by and about Chicanas. Through innovative use of language and images, the artists represented here explore female sexuality, economic and social injustice, gender roles, and the contributions of critical theory.

Chicana Creativity and Criticism, first published in 1988, includes poetry by Lorna Dee Cervantes, Lucha Corpi, Evangelina Vigil-Pinon, Denise Chavez, and Naomi Quinonez; prose by Alma E. Cervantes, Helena Maria Viramontes, Roberta Fernandez, and Sheila Ortiz Taylor; criticism by Tey Diana Rebolledo, Yvonne Yarbro-Bejarano, Norma Alarcon, and Maria Herrera-Sobek; and art by Carmen Lomas Garza, Yreina Cervantez, and Laura Aguilar.