The Afterlife (2003) (edit title/settings)

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• Chuy
• Rachel
• Jason
• Robert Montgomery
• Richard
• Grandpa
• Eric

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• “I could never used a word like 'love' for a homie, but that's the kind of language I had in my heart.”

  Chuy

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• Fresno
• Selma
• Fausto
• Yellow Shoes

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• Ay, dios: Spanish for 'oh, god'
• borrachos: Spanish for 'drunkards'
• cabr(`o)n: Spanish for 'bastard'
• los campos: Spanish for 'the countryside'
• cara: Spanish for 'face'
• carnal: Spanish for 'blood brother'
• chale: Spanish for 'no way'
• chavalo: Spanish for 'child'
• chicas: Spanish for 'girls'
• chicharrones: Spanish for 'pork rinds'
• chismosos / as: Spanish for 'gossipers'
• chalo: Spanish for 'gangster'
• chones: Spanish for 'underpants'
• la chota: Spanish for 'the police'
• churros: a doughnut-like pastry
• "Cielito Lindo": a Spanish song
• cochino: Spanish for 'pig'
• comadre: Spanish for 'an extremely close women friend'
• cruda: Spanish for 'hangover'
• entiendes: Spanish for 'understand'
• feo: Spanish for 'ugly'
• feria: Spanish for 'cash'
• hijole: Spanish for 'wow'
• huango: Spanish for 'loose, misshapen'
• mala: Spanish for 'bad (feminine)'
• menuda: a Spanish soup
• mi'jo: short for 'mi hijo' which is Spanish for 'my son'
• mi abuela: Spanish for 'my grandmother'
• mi novia: Spanish for 'my sweetheart' (feminine)
• mi papi: Spanish for 'my daddy'
• mocosos: Spanish for 'snot-nosed kids'
• mota: Spanish for 'marijuana'
• nada m(`a)s: Spanish for 'no more'
• nalgas: Spanish for 'buttocks'
• novio: Spanish for 'boyfriend'
• paleta: Spanish for 'Popsicle'
• panader(`i)a: Spanish for bakery
• pan dulce: Spanish for 'sweet bread'
• pendejo: Spanish for 'stupid person'
• placa: Spanish for 'signature graffiti'
• primo: Spanish for 'cousin'
• pues: Spanish for 'well'
• puta: Spanish for 'whore/bitch'
• qu(`e) asco: Spanish for 'how disgusting'
• qu(`e) gacho: Spanish for 'what a mess/what a bad thing'
• quien sabe: Spanish for 'who knows'
• rancheras: Spanish for 'old-fashioned songs'
• raza: a Latino race
• sin veruenza: Spanish for 'shameless'
• sapo: Spanish for 'toad'
• suave: Spanish for 'cool, smooth'
• telenovela: Spanish for 'soup opera'
• tonto: Spanish for 'stupid'
• tripas: Spanish for 'intestines'
• vato: Spanish for 'cool guy'
• viejo: Spanish for 'old man'

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1. Gary Soto (Author)

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