La Plonqui The Literary Life and Work of Margarita Cota-Cárdenas

"In their expansive and impressive volume, JesÚs Rosales and Vanessa Fonseca-ChÁvez remind us why Margarita Cota-CÁrdenas remains one of las 'meras meras' of Chicana letters. This book pays homage to a trailblazing Chicana writer whose works cross the English/Spanish linguistic divide through rich, creative genre play. With scholarship by emerging and established scholars, La Plonqui: The Literary Life and Work of Margarita Cota-CÁrdenas will serve as the benchmark volume on one of the most important Chicana writers of our generation." - Cristina Herrera, co-author of Latinx Teens: U.S. Popular Culture on the Page, Stage, and Screen

"This is the book I have been waiting for regarding the writing of Cota-CÁrdenas. It is accessible, insightful, and full of gems for those of us who love Latinx literature and her work." - Juan Velasco-Moreno, author of Collective Identity and Cultural Resistance in Contemporary Chicana/o Autobiography

Jesús Rosales is an associate professor of Chicano literature at Arizona State University, the author of Marco Solís: El hombre de arena, and the co-editor of Spanish Perspectives on Chicano Literature.

Vanessa Fonseca-Chávez is an associate professor of English at Arizona State University, the author of Colonial Legacies in Chicana/o Literature and Culture, and the co-editor of Querencia.