Rivera's highly influential ..y no se lo tragó la tierra/.. And the Earth Did Not Part (1971) is the story of the hardships endured by a Chicano migrant worker family and their community, as seen through the eyes of a young boy.

Pieces of the Heart: New Chicano Fiction (1993), edited by Gary Soto, is a collection of fifteen stories from some of the best-known Chicano writers. Writers represented include Sandra Cisneros, Alberto Alvaro Rios, Ana Castillo, Victor Martinez, and Helena Maria Viramontes.

Necessary Theater: Six Plays about the Chicano Experience (1989), edited by Jorge Huerta, is a collection of plays that examine the lives of Mexican Americans in diverse situations, from a World War II veteran returning to San Antonio (^''Soldierboy") to Latina immigrants working as domestics in Beverly Hills (^''Latina").

Barefoot Heart: Stories of a Migrant Child (1999), by...