Puerto Rican voices in English
Subtitle: interviews with writers
By: Carmen Dolores Hernández.
Publisher: Praeger
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 251
Subjects: American literature -- New York (State) -- New York -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; American literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Authors, Puerto Rican -- United States -- Interviews.; Authors, Puerto Rican -- 20th century -- Interviews.; Puerto Ricans -- United States -- Intellectual life.; Puerto Ricans in literature.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [241]-243) and index.