Chicanos with memory like our Indian counterparts recognize that we are a nation within a nation. An internal nation whose existence defies borders o… - Cherríe Moraga

Both my essays and plays attempt to explore a political question or contradiction through the mind or the heart. By that I mean, both genres require analysis and a heart-felt honesty. But the essay is fundamentally one-voiced perspective, my own…

My real politicization began, not through the Chicano Movement but through the bold recognition of my lesbianism

I think: what is my responsibility to my roots-both white and brown, Spanish-speaking and English? I am a woman with a foot in both worlds; and I refuse the split. I feel the necessity for dialogue. Sometimes I feel it urgently