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Title Boricuas : influential Puerto Rican writings--an anthology / edited by Roberto Santiago.

Publication Info. New York : One World, 1995.

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Location Call No. Status
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  810.8 B64 c.2  DUE 04-05-24
Edition First edition.
Description xxxiv, 357 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Note Includes index.
Summary "Selection of poetry, stories, drama, and essays by 40 Puerto Rican writers, late-19th - late-20th centuries. Organized into thematic categories such as 'History and Politics' and 'Anxiety and Assimilation.' Introduction by Santiago makes clear his goal, that the book 'will provide us with answers to our innermost questions of identity.' Majority of texts originally written in English or 'Spanglish'; translations from Spanish range from good to excellent"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/
Form Also issued online.
Contents Prologue: Catharsis. Here / Sandra Maria Esteves. Part 1: Pride. To the Persecuted / Jose de Diego -- The Sounds of Sixth Street / Martita Morales -- A Letter to a Child Like Me / Jose Torres. Part 2: History and politics. It Is Raining Today / Sandra Maria Esteves -- How to Know the Puerto Ricans / Jesus Colon -- Island of Lost Causes / Esmeralda Santiago -- Hallelujahs / Jose de Diego -- Puerto Rican Nationalism / Pedro Albizu Campos -- On Recent Disturbances in Puerto Rico / Luis Munoz Marin -- The Boy Without a Flag / Abraham Rodriguez, Jr. -- Grand River of Loiza / Julia de Burgos -- The "Lamento Borincano" / Jose Luis Gonzalez -- The Party (From Palante! Young Lords Party) / Pablo Guzman -- Los Macheteros / Ronald Fernandez -- Double Allegiance / Rosario Morales. Part 3: Identity and self-esteem. Child of the Americas / Aurora Levins Morales -- Ay Ay Ay, of the Kinky Negress / Julia de Burgos -- Puerto Ricans: Between Black and White / Clara E. Rodriguez -- Nigger-Reecan Blues / Willie Perdomo -- Black and Latino / Roberto Santiago -- Babylon for the Babylonians (From Down These Mean Streets) / Piri Thomas -- African Things / Victor Hernandez Cruz -- The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- A Mongo Affair / Miguel Algarin. Part 4: Anxiety and assimilation. Puerto Rican Obituary / Pedro Pietri -- The Konk / Piri Thomas -- The Story of My Body / Judith Ortiz Cofer -- To Julia de Burgos / Julia de Burgos -- Hangin' (Out) with the Homeboys / Joseph B. Vasquez -- Niggerlips / Martin Espada -- Little Things Are Big / Jesus Colon -- The Docile Puerto Rican - Literature and Psychological Reality / Rene Marques -- The American Invasion of Macun (From When I Was Puerto Rican) / Esmeralda Santiago. Part 5: Urban reality. Monday Morning / Pedro Pietri -- "Looking Good" / Freddie Prinze -- Carlito's Way / Edwin Torres -- Short Eyes / Miguel Pinero -- Poppa Dio! / Reinaldo Povod -- Bayaminina / Pedro Juan Soto -- Roots (From Palante! Young Lords Party) / Felipe Luciano. Part 6: Love, faith, and transcendence. I Became My Own Path / Julia de Burgos -- Yoruba (From The Santeria Experience) / Migene Gonzalez -Wippler -- Aunt Rosana's Rocker / Nicholasa Mohr -- Aerobics for Love / Ana Lydia Vega -- Malig; Malig & Sal; Sal. (From Dominoes and Other Stories from The Puerto Rican) / Jack Agueros -- My Old Flame / Ed Morales -- HIV / Miguel Algarin -- Poem for My Death / Julia de Burgos -- Dedicated to Maria Rodriguez Martinez - February 24, 1975 / Lucky CienFuegos -- The Freddie Prinze Story / Maria Graniela de Pruetzel -- A Special Kind of Courage: Bernard Carabello / Geraldo Rivera -- Loiza Aldea / Victor Hernandez Cruz. Epilogue: Redemption. The Final Act / Jose de Diego.
Subject American literature -- Puerto Rican authors.
Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Literary collections.
Added Author Santiago, Roberto.
Other Form: Online version: Boricuas. 1st ed. New York : One World, 1995 (OCoLC)604240317
ISBN 0345395026
9780345395023
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