The seed for this book came to me in the mid-seventies in a graduate English class taught by a "white" male professor at the University of Texas at A… - Gloria E. Anzaldúa

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The seed for this book came to me in the mid-seventies in a graduate English class taught by a "white" male professor at the University of Texas at Austin. As a Chicana, I felt invisible, alienated from the gringo university and dissatisfied with both el movimiento Chicano and the feminist movement. Like many of the contributors to Bridge I rebelled, using writing to work through my frustrations and make sense of experiences.