Puerto Rican writers living in the United States and writing in English find themselves astride two cultures, two languages, and two ways of looking at life. They also find two sets of prejudice: racial, cultural, and linguistic bias in the United States; and rejection from Puerto Rican society. In this vibrant collection of interviews, Hernandez presents portraits of 14 of the most prominent Puerto Rican writers living in the United States and offers the first chance for them to speak directly about their lives and their literary tradition. Taken as a whole, the diverse experiences of these writers provide an insight into the effects of early displacement from a national culture, and how perceived prejudice and hostility can breed, in turn, either violence and hate, or a wish to excel and to communicate.
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"The choice of writers is broad and thorough, and the interviewer provides a general introduction as well as a comprehensive though schematic overview of each subject's biography and literary production....[an] essential contribution to the understanding of the genesis and development of Puerto Rican literature in English."-World Literature Today
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Puerto Rican writers, living in the United States and writing in English, speak directly about their lives and their literary tradition in this provocative book of interviews.
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Carmen Dolores Hernández was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She has a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the University of Puerto Rico and has been reviewing books for Puerto Rico's El Nuevo Día newspaper since 1981.
She has published the following books:
Manuel Altolaguirre, vida y literatura (San Juan: University of Puerto Rico Press, 1974)
De aquí y de allá. Libros de Puerto Rico y del extranjero (San Juan: Biblioteca de Autores Puertorriqueños, 1984).
Puerto Rican Voices in English. Interviews with Writers (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1997)
Ricardo Alegría. Una vida (San Juan: Plaza Mayor, 2002)
A viva voz. Entrevistas a escritores puertorriqueños (San Juan: Grupo Editorial Norma, 2007
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Literatura puertorriqueña. Visiones alternas (San Juan: Ediciones Puerto y Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, 2005)
Convocados. Cuentos ganadores del certamen de El Nuevo Día (San Juan: Editora Koiné, 2009)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO COLLECTIVE WORKS
"Puerto Rican Literature in the United States". In: Literary Cultures of Latin America. A Comparative History Ed. by Mario J. Valdés y Djelal Kadir, Oxford University Press, 2004 (III vol.)
She has published the following books:
Manuel Altolaguirre, vida y literatura (San Juan: University of Puerto Rico Press, 1974)
De aquí y de allá. Libros de Puerto Rico y del extranjero (San Juan: Biblioteca de Autores Puertorriqueños, 1984).
Puerto Rican Voices in English. Interviews with Writers (Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers, 1997)
Ricardo Alegría. Una vida (San Juan: Plaza Mayor, 2002)
A viva voz. Entrevistas a escritores puertorriqueños (San Juan: Grupo Editorial Norma, 2007
BOOKS EDITED
Literatura puertorriqueña. Visiones alternas (San Juan: Ediciones Puerto y Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe, 2005)
Convocados. Cuentos ganadores del certamen de El Nuevo Día (San Juan: Editora Koiné, 2009)
CONTRIBUTIONS TO COLLECTIVE WORKS
"Puerto Rican Literature in the United States". In: Literary Cultures of Latin America. A Comparative History Ed. by Mario J. Valdés y Djelal Kadir, Oxford University Press, 2004 (III vol.)
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Puerto Rican poet, playwright, fiction writer, and scriptwriter, Jack Agueros has the appearance of the U.S. Army veteran that he is. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Puerto Rican, New York, Puerto Rico, United States, San Juan, North American, Nuyorican Poets Café, South Bronx, Arte Público Press, Miguel Algarín, Piri Thomas, Lower East Side, African Americans, Aguas Buenas, Latin American, Spanish Harlem, Nueva York, Abraham Rodriguez, Ballantine Books, Dancing River, Jorge Brandon, Roberto Santiago, World War, American Dream, Bob Holman New!
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Puerto Rican poet, playwright, fiction writer, and scriptwriter, Jack Agueros has the appearance of the U.S. Army veteran that he is. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
ghetto literature, poesía puertorriqueña, down these mean streets, poetry movement Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Puerto Rican, New York, Puerto Rico, United States, San Juan, North American, Nuyorican Poets Café, South Bronx, Arte Público Press, Miguel Algarín, Piri Thomas, Lower East Side, African Americans, Aguas Buenas, Latin American, Spanish Harlem, Nueva York, Abraham Rodriguez, Ballantine Books, Dancing River, Jorge Brandon, Roberto Santiago, World War, American Dream, Bob Holman New!
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- Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas on 11 pages
- Puerto Ricans: Born in the U.S.A. by C. Rodriguez on 6 pages
- Puerto Rico (Modern World Nations) by Jose Javier Lopez on 4 pages
- Short Fiction by Hispanic Writers of the United States by Nicolas Kanellos on page 87, page 97, and page 197
- Barrios and Borderlands: Cultures of Latinos and Latinas in the United States by Denis Lynn Daly Heyck on page 87, page 97, and Back Matter
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