Angie Cruz
Biographic Data
| ID | 3672013 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Angie Cruz |
| GIVEN NAMES | Angie |
| FAMILY NAME | Cruz |
| SIGNATURE | CRUZ A |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A Conversation
Firsts
WITH JUAN THERE ARE MANY FIRSTS. He opens the car door for me to sit in the front, on the passenger side. I always have to sit in the back with Yohnny, Lenny, and Teresa: cramped. Just this, I’m sure, impresses Mamá. Marrying Juan is like going to the moon. Up front, I have the best view of the road, of the world passing me by as Juan accelerates the car, switching gears.On our way to the hotel we stop at the Ruiz restaurant that sits right outsi…
Wading
Wading Angie Cruz (bio) Geraldo usually called on a Tuesday before the late night news, but it was Wednesday and there was still no word from him. Ever since her children had left home Dorada kept the television on to keep her company. She frequently checked to make sure the front door was locked. After a long work week at the lamp factory she depended on Geraldo's phone calls. Her children were too busy to visit. The calls were one of the things…
I Almost Killed Him
I Almost Killed Him Angie Cruz (bio) I almost killed him. My son Daniel, three months old, was hanging from my body on a Bjorn, facing a pack of tourists while we walked the streets of New Orleans, when I fell face forward. It was the last day of a literary conference I was attending. I was ready to go home. We had gone for a walk to have beignêts at Café Du Monde and to see the Mississippi River. We were walking back to the hotel to gather our t…
Without Tongue: 10 Minute Play
Without Tongue: 10 Minute Play Angie Cruz (bio) Produced: Al Doblar La Esquina / Around The Block Fifth Annual Raymond J. Flores Short Play Series: (July 2008) and Metro Works Stage and Screen, Abingdon Theatre Complex (May 15–17 2003) [MONTERO (light skinned, handsome, well built Latino male) and ADRIANA (brown skinned Dominican hipster) are sitting inside a hip Indian restaurant in the East Village, NYC. It’s ADRIANA’S 22nd birthday. MONTERO is…
From In Search of Caridad
From in Search of Caridad Angie Cruz (bio) Daniel NYC 1967 Daniel's brother, Cesar, arrived in Nueva Yol on the third day of rain. Cesar was Daniel's favorite out of fourteen brothers because he was trustworthy. A tomb, a dead end, were references to how able Cesar could keep everyone's business to himself. All the brothers confided in him. Daniel rented the other mattress in his bedroom at Antonio's boarding house for Cesar. No more sharing a ro…
Angie Cruz in Conversation with Nelly Rosario
Angie Cruz in Conversation with Nelly Rosario Angie Cruz Nelly Rosario The following conversation took place in real and constructed time. ANGIE CRUZ: ¿What is your first experience with Callaloo; when was the first time you heard about it? NELLY ROSARIO: All hearsay, calls for submissions. CRUZ: ¿This was when you were at Columbia or MIT? ROSARIO: [R.U.E.—Resist the Urge to Explain. When writing dialogue in fiction, resist deliberate exposition.…
Doña Sosa
Doña Sosa greets her husband every morning with a kiss on his forehead. Since her daughter Olivia fell sick, her husband has made less and less of an effort to get out of bed. His fingers scrunch up like ginger roots, wrinkled and stiff, holding onto the sheets. His old cheeks drag around his neck, and, when he opens his eyes, he looks straight past her, as if his spirit already left the earth. Doña Sosa checks her husband's diaper, pulling up th…
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Doña Sosa
Doña Sosa greets her husband every morning with a kiss on his forehead. Since her daughter Olivia fell sick, her husband has made less and less of an effort to get out of bed. His fingers scrunch up like ginger roots, wrinkled and stiff, holding onto the sheets. His old cheeks drag around his neck, and, when he opens his eyes, he looks straight past her, as if his spirit already left the earth. Doña Sosa checks her husband's diaper, pulling up th…
From In Search of Caridad
From in Search of Caridad Angie Cruz (bio) Daniel NYC 1967 Daniel's brother, Cesar, arrived in Nueva Yol on the third day of rain. Cesar was Daniel's favorite out of fourteen brothers because he was trustworthy. A tomb, a dead end, were references to how able Cesar could keep everyone's business to himself. All the brothers confided in him. Daniel rented the other mattress in his bedroom at Antonio's boarding house for Cesar. No more sharing a ro…
Angie Cruz in Conversation with Nelly Rosario
Angie Cruz in Conversation with Nelly Rosario Angie Cruz Nelly Rosario The following conversation took place in real and constructed time. ANGIE CRUZ: ¿What is your first experience with Callaloo; when was the first time you heard about it? NELLY ROSARIO: All hearsay, calls for submissions. CRUZ: ¿This was when you were at Columbia or MIT? ROSARIO: [R.U.E.—Resist the Urge to Explain. When writing dialogue in fiction, resist deliberate exposition.…
I Almost Killed Him
I Almost Killed Him Angie Cruz (bio) I almost killed him. My son Daniel, three months old, was hanging from my body on a Bjorn, facing a pack of tourists while we walked the streets of New Orleans, when I fell face forward. It was the last day of a literary conference I was attending. I was ready to go home. We had gone for a walk to have beignêts at Café Du Monde and to see the Mississippi River. We were walking back to the hotel to gather our t…
Without Tongue: 10 Minute Play
Without Tongue: 10 Minute Play Angie Cruz (bio) Produced: Al Doblar La Esquina / Around The Block Fifth Annual Raymond J. Flores Short Play Series: (July 2008) and Metro Works Stage and Screen, Abingdon Theatre Complex (May 15–17 2003) [MONTERO (light skinned, handsome, well built Latino male) and ADRIANA (brown skinned Dominican hipster) are sitting inside a hip Indian restaurant in the East Village, NYC. It’s ADRIANA’S 22nd birthday. MONTERO is…
Wading
Wading Angie Cruz (bio) Geraldo usually called on a Tuesday before the late night news, but it was Wednesday and there was still no word from him. Ever since her children had left home Dorada kept the television on to keep her company. She frequently checked to make sure the front door was locked. After a long work week at the lamp factory she depended on Geraldo's phone calls. Her children were too busy to visit. The calls were one of the things…
Firsts
WITH JUAN THERE ARE MANY FIRSTS. He opens the car door for me to sit in the front, on the passenger side. I always have to sit in the back with Yohnny, Lenny, and Teresa: cramped. Just this, I’m sure, impresses Mamá. Marrying Juan is like going to the moon. Up front, I have the best view of the road, of the world passing me by as Juan accelerates the car, switching gears.On our way to the hotel we stop at the Ruiz restaurant that sits right outsi…
A Conversation
Art history (6 works) · Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Latin American and Latino Studies (5 works) · Philosophy (4 works) · Geography (3 works) · Humanities (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Archaeology (2 works) · Brother (2 works)