Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Akụkọ nke abụọ ya, nke e bipụtara n'afọ 2009, "Forgetting the Alamo, Or Blood Memory", bụ akụkọ ifo mere eme nke a na-eme n'oge agha nke 1836 nke
Alamo na nke San Jacinto. Ọ bụ akụkọ njem na njem nke na-akọ akụkọ banyere nwa agbọghọ na-eto eto na-eyi akwa na Tejana na ịhụnanya ya na nwanyị agbụrụ agwakọtara, ha abụọ bụ ndị akaebe banyere mgbagwoju anya agbụrụ nke ndịda ọdịda anyanwụ n'oge nsogbu a. A na-atụ aro na akwụkwọ akụkọ ahụ "na-agbanwe akụkọ ọdịnala Alamo" iji gosipụta ime ihe ike agbụrụ nke ihe omume ahụ mere eme. "Forgetting the Alamo" meriri Christopher Isherwood Writing Grant na 2009, National Association for Chicana/Chicano Studies Regional Book Award maka akụkọ ifo na 2011 ma bụrụ onye ikpeazụ maka Lambda Literary Awards na 2010. Dị ka Rocky Mountain Modern Language Association si kwuo "Ichefu Alamo, ma ọ bụ Ncheta Ọbara" na-atụ aro na mmekọahụ na okike nwere njikọ chiri anya na asụsụ, ọdịbendị, na agbụrụ, ihe a na-atụleghị n'ọtụtụ nkwupụta nke echiche queer na feminist. "