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A family memoir told in the voices of ancestors, this book is about oppression and survival and sometimes triumph as any book about a Mexican American family must be. Moras house of houses is large, imagined, traditional, a refuge from the deserts heat, where the generations of her family, living and dead, mingle through the months of a single year.
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Mora, Pat--Childhood and youth, Poets, American--20th century--Biography, Mexican American families--New Mexico, New Mexico--Social life and customs.
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1997
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PS3563.O73Z468 1997eb
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811/.54
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Mora, Pat--Childhood and youth, Poets, American--20th century--Biography, Mexican American families--New Mexico, New Mexico--Social life and customs.
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House of Houses
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House of Houses
Pat Mora
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Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the netLibrary eBook.
Beacon Press 25 Beacon Street Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2892
Beacon Press books are published under the auspices of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations.
A portion of "Abril lluvioso/Rainy April" previously appeared in Prairie Schooner as "A Walk with My Father."
Copyright 1997 by Pat Mora ALL RIGHTS RESERVED Printed in the United States of America
02 01 00 6 5 4 3
Text design by Christopher Kuntze.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Mora, Pat. House of houses / Pat Mora. p. cm. ISBN 0-8070-7200-1 (cloth) ISBN 0-8070-7201-X (paper) 1. Mora, PatChildhood and youth. 2. Women poets, American20th centuryBiography. 3. Mexican American familiesNew Mexico. 4. New MexicoSocial life and customs. I. Title. PS3563.073Z468 1997 811'.54 [B]DC20 96-43948
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For my children, niece, and nephews, BILL, LIBBY, CISSY, NIKI, GIL, & CHRISTOPHER, who continue the story
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Contents
Acknowledgments
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House of Houses Ut Rosa Flos Florum, Sic Est Domus Ista Domorum. As the Rose is the Flower of Flowers, so is this, the House of Houses.
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Enero Friolero / Chilly January
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Febrero Loco / Crazy February
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Marzo Airoso / Windy March
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Abril Lluvioso / Rainy April
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Mayo / May Enero Friolero, Febrero Loco, Marzo Airoso, Abril Lluvioso, Sacan a Mayo, Floreado y Hermoso. Chilly January, Crazy February, Windy March, Rainy April Bring on the Beauty of Flowering May.
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Junio / June Huerta Sin Agua, Cuerpo Sin Alma. An Orchard without Water is Like a Body without a Soul.
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Julio / July Al Que Buen rbol Se Arrima, Buena Sombra le Cobija. Seek Shade Under a Worthy Tree.
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Agosto / August Goza Del Mes de Mayo Que Agosto Llegar. Revel in May, for August Soon Arrives.
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Septiembre / September De lo Hermoso, Hermoso es el Otoo. To Speak of Lovely, Speak of Autumn.
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Octubre / October La Que Anda Entre la Miel, Algo se le Pega. Honey Clings if you're Surrounded by it.
233
Noviembre / November La Primavera se Hace Ligera, el Invierno se Hace Eterno. Spring Breezes by, while Winter Seems Eternal.
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Diciembre, Mes Viejo Que Arruga el Pellejo December, Old Month that Wrinkles our Skin.
272
Dichos / Sayings
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Me in a dress Aunt Carmen made.
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Refugio Rochn, my maternal great-grandmother, known as Doa Cuca.
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My kind and patient maternal grandmother, Sotero Amelia Landavazo, whom we called Mamande.
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The man on the left of this photo from the Mexican Revolution of 1910 is Jos Landavazo, my maternal great-uncle, who was separated from Mamande at childhood.
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Mamande at an outdoor gathering (far right). In every photo she seems pensive.
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