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When I Was Puerto Rican » Read Now
by Esmeralda Santiago. 274 pgs.

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Almost a Woman » Read Now
by Esmeralda Santiago. 316 pgs.

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Esmeralda Santiago recalls her extraordinary journey into womanhood.
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Latina Self-Portraits: Interviews with Contemporary Women Writers (Chap. 9 "A Puerto Rican Existentialist in Brooklyn: An Interview with Esmeralda Santiago") » Read Now
by Juanita Heredia, Bridget Kevane. 168 pgs.

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Embracing Chicana, Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican writers and writers descended from a combined US and Latin American heritage, Latina literature is one of the fastest growing and most exciting fields in fiction. This literature is characterised by revisionist views of recent history, a concern...
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Embracing Chicana, Cuban, Dominican, and Puerto Rican writers and writers descended from a combined US and Latin American heritage, Latina literature is one of the fastest growing and most exciting fields in fiction. This literature is characterised by revisionist views of recent history, a concern with exile and borders, a blending of genres, and a complex understanding of the term feminist. In these ten interviews, Kevane and Heredia give writers the opportunity to talk about how they began to write, the craft of writing, the conjunction of life, art and politics, literary influences, and their goals as artists. Readers will meet Julia Alvarez, Denise Chávez, Sandra Cisneros, Rosario Ferré, Cristina García, Nicholasa Mohr, Cherríe Moraga, Judith Ortiz Cofer, Esmeralda Santiago, and Helena María Viramontes. The writers' personal and literary journeys vividly portrayed in these interviews will enrich and enhance the readers' understanding of this exciting field. The volume also includes bibliographies of the writers' work.
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Puerto Rican Voices in English: Interviews with Writers (Chap. 11 "Esmeralda Santiago") » Read Now
by Carmen Dolores Hernandez. 251 pgs.

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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...
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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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U.S. Latino Literature: A Critical Guide for Students and Teachers (Chap. 13 "Writing a Life: When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago) » Read Now
by Harold Augenbraum, Margarite Fernandez Olmos. 216 pgs.

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In the past ten years, literature by U.S. Latinos has gained an extraordinary public currency and has engendered a great deal of interest among educators. Because of the increase in numbers of Latinos in their classrooms, teachers have recognized the benefits of including works by such important...
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In the past ten years, literature by U.S. Latinos has gained an extraordinary public currency and has engendered a great deal of interest among educators. Because of the increase in numbers of Latinos in their classrooms, teachers have recognized the benefits of including works by such important writers as Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, and Rudolfo Anaya in the curriculum. Without a guide, introducing courses on U.S. Latino literature or integrating individual works into the general courses on American Literature can be difficult for the uninitiated. While some critical sources for students and teachers are available, none are dedicated exclusively to this important body of writing. To fill the gap, the editors of this volume commissioned prominent scholars in the field to write 18 essays that focus on using U.S. Latino literature in the classroom. The selection of the subject texts was developed in conjunction with secondary school teachers who took part in the editors' course. This resultant volume focuses on major works that are appropriate for high school and undergraduate study including Judith Ortiz Cofer's The Latin Deli, Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Streets, and Cisneros' The House on Mango Street.
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Feminism 3: The Third Generation in Fiction ("From When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago) » Read Now
by Irene Zahava. 290 pgs.

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Switching Languages: Translingual Writers Reflect on Their Craft ("Esmeralda Santiago (1948 -)" begins on p. 129) » Read Now
by Steven G. Kellman. 339 pgs.

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