Acknowledgments
Introduction
Ignacio Corona and Beth E. Jorgensen
Part I. Chronicle Writing: Reflections on Contemporary Practice
1. On the Chronicle in Mexico
Carlos Monsivais
2. How I Started Writing Chronicles and Why I Never Stopped
Elena Poniatowska
3. Patience and Urgency
Dante Medina
4. Border(line) Texts: The Chronicle, Writing in the Open
Rossana Reguillo
5. Questioning the Chronicle
Jose Joaquin Blanco, Vicente Lenero, and Juan Villoro
Part II. Theoretical Perspectives on the Liminal Genre
6. Matters of Fact: The Contemporary Mexican Chronicle and/as Nonfiction Narrative
Beth E. Jorgensen
7. Play on Words: Chronicling the Essay
Linda Egan
8. At the Intersection: Chronicle and Ethnography
Ignacio Corona
9. Modernismo, Journalism, and the Ethics of Writing: Manuel Gutierrz Najera's "La hija del aire"
Anibal Gonzalez
10. Writing the City: The Chronicles of Salvador Novo
Mary K. Long
11. Walking in the Modern City: Subjectivity and Cultural Contacts in the Urban Cronicas of Salvador Novo and Carlos Monsivais
Juan G. Gelpi
12. Christina Pacheco's Narratives: Multimedia Chronicles
Dawn Slack
Afterword
Introduction
Ignacio Coronoa and Beth E. Jorgensen
The Rainforest Chronicles of Subcomandante Marcos
Cynthia Steele
Contributors' Biographies
Index