Boricuas
Subtitle: influential Puerto Rican writings--an anthology
By: edited by Roberto Santiago.
Contributors: Santiago, Roberto.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: One World
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: American literature -- Puerto Rican authors; Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Literary collections
Description: "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.
Notes: Includes index.