Canto y grito mi liberación was published in a hardbound edition 

 in 1971(cover photo not shown here) by Míctla Publications, Inc., 

 El Paso, Texas.  The Anchor Books edition is shown here.  This 

 edition was published in 1973. 

         ISBN:  0-385-06864-6

         Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 72-89676

         Copyright © 1971, 1973 by Ricardo Sánchez

         ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

         Cover design by Fred Troller

         Cover painting , Chicano-Portrait of Gonzalo Gomez,

         by Manuel Acosta, Courtesy of the Baker Gallery of Fine Art,

         Lubbock, Texas






       CANTO Y GRITO MI LIBERACIÓN

          (y lloro mis desmadrazgos...)

               pensamientos, gritos,

               angustias, orgullos,

               penumbras poéticas,

               ensayos, historietas

               hechizos almales del

               son de mi existencia...

               by RICARDO SÁNCHEZ

               illustrated by

               MANUEL G. ACOSTA

               ANCHOR BOOKS

   Anchor Press/Doubleday & Company, Inc.

             Garden City, New York






    This book is the first in a series to be published by Míclta 

  Publications...it is the birth of an idea first gestated in the

  frenzy of Soledad Prison ten years ago, and now becoming a bronze

  reality.

    El Paso, with all its memories, remains the cauldron of chicanismo 

  for me; thus now I return via my writings to my birthplace to explode

  out expletives and cantos...

    This book would not be possible were it not for the patience and 

  understanding (and typing help) I've received from my wife...needless 

  to say, it would likewise not be possible to have it published were 

  it also not for Raymond Gardea, M.D., who has been un carnal a todo 

  dar.

    This outpouring is dedicated, como toda mi vida,

          a Teresa,

                 Rik-Ser,

                       Libertad-Yvonne,

  to the memory of mi jefe, Pedro L. Sánchez,

                    mis carnales Pete y Sefy,

  to the love felt from mi madrecita, Lina,

  to Mannie, Luy, Katy, Mary, Rosie, Helen,

      reymundo gardea, lalo, narciso,

      manuel acosta, tony parra, cha cha,

      eduardo, cleofas, rojas felix,

      willie camacho,

             al migrante del campo,

             al bato del barrio,

    to mis suegros-manuel y estela-

  to all of you, and all those others whom time and space keep me from

  accolading, i extend this verbalized set of esperanzas escritas, 

  experiencias

  gritadas...

  canriños,

  Ricardo Sánchez

  Nov. 11, 1970-año del Chicano

  Sept. 11, 1971-año de carnalismo

                 birth of Mîctla

              TABLE OF CONTENTS

Intro. to the WSU Press Edition, by Luis Leal ..7
Dedication, 1971, 1995 by Ricardo Sánchez.......9
Sol de Oro Bruñido by Manuel G. Acosta.........10
One year after by Ricardo Sánchez..............11
Introduction by Philip D. Ortego, Ph.D. .......19
This is...an intro. by Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado 23

                      THE BOOK:                 
Opened Letter to My Conscience ................25
Soledad..../...................................27
Desmadrazgo ...................................31
and it.../.....................................39
We were lost.../...............................41
Reo Eterno.....................................43  
Tap, Tap, Tap..................................47
Evening in Prison..............................49
Something or other.............................51
Thoughts while sipping.........................53
In Exile.......................................55  
Flight: San Antonio............................57
San Anto.......................................59
Dr. Gardea ....................................61
This of being the soul/voice ..................63 
O Sere o No....................................65
Two big thighs.../.............................67
Lo Humano.../..................................69
Thought to a million experiences...............71 
Stream... .....................................73  
b.s. ramblings.../.............................85
Juan,..........................................87
migrant lament.................................91
Denver.../.....................................93
preso político.../.............................95
motley.........................................99   
aveces i awaken...............................101
it was in... /................................103
Recuerdo... /.................................109   
Chingaderismo.../.............................113
allí, fuera de mi mente.......................115
Jacinto Treviño...............................117    
Mina o Quina..................................119
To el Valemadre.../...........................123 
Let me.../....................................125
c a n t o.....................................127
it is urgent..................................131
zumbido.......................................133  
the would-be gods.............................135  
smile out the revolú..........................139
los doldrums..................................141
the 70's...años chicanos......................143  
EXISTIR ES...an experiment in writing
in and around a few songs from the barrio.....145
Dichotomies...................................155
CANTO II:  CELEBRACIÓN
Celebrate.....................................162
Palousian Poets...............................163
Canto II: I Can Survive.......................167 
Glossnotes® by M.S.Hetherington, Ph.D.........183