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The poems, essays and short stories in this book are written in Tex-Mex (Spanglish) and includes a glossary for Spanish and Spanish slang used in the context of telling a story. It was written in this matter because this is how my mind thinks and also to document a regional slang spoken during a certain time and place in United States history. I was born in 1955 in South Texas, sixty miles from the Mexican border to a Mexican-American mother and a Mexican father. My paternal grandparents lived in Mexico and my maternal grandparents along with my great grandmother (Mama Grande) and my mom's uncles lived in our hometown or within twenty miles from our house. Mama Grande was a wonderful storyteller. I would sit on the front porch listening to her stories while my brothers, sisters and cousins played. There were times when I didn't feel well or I felt triste, Mama Grande would say to me, "ven mi nene vamos a tomarnos una taza de té de canela." Then she would begin her tales with, "I had a dream this week that I went to the pearly gates of heaven and asked God why I was still on earth. He told me it wasn't time for me to go, he wasn't ready for me." God wasn't ready for her for a long time, and we had the good fortune of having our Mama Grande until she was one hundred and three years old. She is the one responsible for my love of story-telling.We all remember the truth differently, especially when it comes to our childhood. It amazes me how some things that happened while I was growing up had a tremendous effect on me, while the same things didn't affect my brothers and sisters at all and vice versa. This collection of stories is my truth, how I remember things. My family, my friends and the people I grew up with might remember a whole different story, might choose to remember only certain incidents or not remember at all because they had no lasting effects on their lives. Té de Canela, is the way I remember things; therefore, it is my truth that you will read in the stories collected in this book.
About the Author: Edna Campos Gravenhorst is an author, historical researcher and a San Antonio Certified Tourism Ambassador; who studied at Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico-San Antonio and is bilingual in English-Spanish. This is her second career after spending twenty-five years in sales, merchandising and marketing. She has been published in national newspapers and magazines and has been interviewed in print media, radio and television around the country. Campos Gravenhorst's awards include two International Latin Book Awards in 2007 and 2008; and a Kid Power Book Award in 2007. In 2009, she was awarded a Women on the Move Award by the University of Missouri-St. Louis, in 2008 she won a University of Missouri-St. Louis Women Trailblazer Award and in 2007 was named the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers National Star Honorary Member. She is a member of the San Antonio Conservation Society, Briscoe Western Art Museum, Society of Architectural Historians-St. Louis Chapter, the National Association of Latino Arts and Culture Organization, the Society of Latino and Hispanic Writers of San Antonio and Las Comadres. At Gemini Ink-the University Without Walls in San Antonio, Texas; Campos Gravenhorst served as a Writer in Communities for Fall of 2009 and was a member of the Spring 2010 Faculty. Recently she served two years as a Commissioner of the Missouri History Museum Sub-district. Edna Campos Gravenhorst speaks to groups and organizations around the country. By sharing her experiences and the success stories of others to audiences ranging from grade school students to mature adults; she inspires people to use their unique talents to achieve their dreams. As a writer, historical researcher and tour guide; Campos Gravenhorst's work is "Excavating the past, to inspire the present."


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781719303835
  • Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Publisher Imprint: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 154
  • Spine Width: 9 mm
  • Weight: 286 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1719303835
  • Publisher Date: 30 Aug 2018
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Mexican-American in the United States
  • Width: 152 mm


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