Words of the True Peoples/Palabras de los Seres Verdaderos: Anthology of Contemporary Mexican Indigenous-Language Writers/Antología de Escritores Actuales en Lenguas Indígenas de México: Volume Two/Tomo Dos: Poetry/Poesía

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Words of the True Peoples Anthology of Contemporary Mexican Indigenous-Language Writers Palabras de los Seres Verdaderos Antología de Escritores Actuales en Lenguas Indígenas de México Tseng 2005.6.14 08:08 7273 Montemayor / WORDS OF THE TRUE PEOPLE V2 / sheet 1 of 295 Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture Tseng 2005.6.14 08:08 7273 Montemayor / WORDS OF THE TRUE PEOPLE V2 / sheet 2 of 295 Words of the True Peoples Anthology of Contemporary Mexican Indigenous-Language Writers volume two: poetry A Multilingual Volume Edited by Carlos Montemayor and Donald Frischmann Literary Selection, Preliminary Studies, Translations, Notes, Glossaries, and Appendices Photography by George O. Jackson, Jr. University of Texas Press Austin Palabras de los Seres Verdaderos Antología de Escritores Actuales en Lenguas Indígenas de México tomo dos: poesía Edición Multilingüe Editado por Carlos Montemayor and Donald Frischmann Selección Literaria, Estudios Preliminares, Traducciones, Notas, Glosarios y Apéndices Fotografías por George O. Jackson, Jr. Tseng 2005.6.14 08:08 7273 Montemayor / WORDS OF THE TRUE PEOPLE V2 / sheet 3 of 295 Copyright © 2005 by the University of Texas Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America First edition, 2005 Requests for permission to reproduce material from this work should be sent to: Permissions University of Texas Press P.O. Box 7819 Austin, TX 78713-7819 www.utexas.edu/utpress/about/bpermission.html The paper used in this book meets the minimum requirements of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r1997) (Permanence of Paper). Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data (from Volume One) Words of the true peoples : anthology of contemporary Mexican indigenous-language writers / edited by Carlos Montemayor and Donald Frischmann ; photography by George O. Jackson, Jr. = Palabras de los seres verdaderos : antología de escritores actuales en lenguas indígenas de México / editado por Carlos Montemayor y Donald Frischmann ; fotografías por George O. Jackson, Jr.—1st ed. v. cm.—(Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long series in Latin American and Latino art and culture) English, Mayan, and Spanish. ‘‘A multilingual volume/Edición multilingüe’’—V. 1. Includes bibliographical references. Contents: v. 1. Prose = Prosa isbn 0-292-70580-8 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Indian literature—Mexico—History and criticism. 2. Maya literature—History and criticism. 3. Indians of Mexico—Languages— Texts. 4. Mexican literature—History and criticism. I. Title: Palabras de los seres verdaderos. II. Montemayor, Carlos, 1947– III. Frischmann, Donald H. IV. Series. pm3082.w67 2004 897'.0972—dc22 2004017345 isbn 0-292-70676-6 (cloth : alk. paper : v. 2) Tseng 2005.6.14 08:08 7273 Montemayor / WORDS OF THE TRUE PEOPLE V2 / sheet 4 of 295 To Patricia Urbina and Susana de la Garza, for your radiant and constant presence A Susana de la Garza y Patricia Urbina, por su luminosa y constante presencia Tseng 2005.6.14 08:08 7273 Montemayor / WORDS OF THE TRUE PEOPLE V2 / sheet 5 of 295 THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...