Puerto Rican Voices in English: Interviews with Writers

by Carmen D. Hernandez

Overview

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 turban, either violence and hate, or a wish to excel and to communicate.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275958107
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	08/26/1997
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

CARMEN DOLORES HERNÁNDEZ is a literary critic for El Nuevo Día, San Juan's largest newspaper. She earned a Ph.D. in Spanish Literature from the University of Puerto Rico where she has taught. She is author of two books in Spanish.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Jack Agüeros
Miguel Algarín
Sandra María Esteves
Victor Hernández Cruz
Tato Laviera
Nicholasa Mohr
Judith Ortiz Cofer
Pedro Pietri
Louis Reyes Rivera
Abraham Rodríguez, Jr.
Esmeralda Santiago
Piri Thomas
Edwin Torres
Ed Vega
Chronology
Additional Bibliography
Index