Contents -- Editors' Note: The Name of las Cosas -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Genealogies of Queer Latino Writing -- Kimberle -- Pandora's Box -- Shorty -- Puti and the Gay Bandits of Hunts Point -- Porcupine Love -- The Unequivocal Moon -- Dear Rodney -- This Desire for Queer Survival -- La Fiesta de Los Linares -- Malverde -- Aquí viene Johnny -- Haunting José -- Imitation of Selena -- Magnetic Island Sueño Crónica -- I Leave Tomorrow, I Come Back Yesterday -- Six Days in St. Paul -- Arturo, Who Likes to Shave His Legs in the Snow -- Contributors.