Rolando Hinojosa : I reflect the way Valleyites act and react -- Arturo Islas : I don't like labels and categories -- Erlinda Gonzáles-Berry : on the New Mexican borderlands -- Gloria Anzaldúa : the author never existed -- Ana Castillo : two interviews -- Sandra Cisneros : two interviews -- Pat Mora : I was always at home in language -- Richard Rodriguez : I don't think I exist -- Demetria Martínez : to speak as global citizens -- Kathleen Alcalá : to tell the counternarratives.