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Selected Bibliography
Puerto Rican History and Poetry Books Barradas, Efrain and Rafael Rodriguez. Herejes y mitificadores: Muestra de poesia
puertotiquena en los Estados Unidos. Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico: Huracán, 1980.
Bilingual sampler with introduction by Barradas outlining themes of Puerto Rican writers living in the United
States. Castillo-Speed, Lillian, ed. Latina: Women's Voices from the Borderlands. New York: Touchstone Books/ Simon & Schuster, 1995.
Thematic organization of Latina writers including Judith Ortiz Cofer and Santiago Colon, Jesus. The Way It Was and Other Writings. Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1993.
Autobiographical accounts of Afro-Puerto Rican writer, activist, newspaper columnist, and intellectual founder of the Nuyorican Writers Movement. Fernandez, Roberta, ed.
In Other Words: Literature by Latinas. Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1995. Flores, Juan. Divided Borders: Essays on Puerto Rican Identity. Houston: Arte Publico Press, 1993.
Horno-Delgado, Asuncion et al., eds. Breaking Boundaries: Latina Writings and Critical Readings. Amherst: University of Massachusetts, 1989. Kanellos, Nicolas, ed.
The Hispanic Literary Companion. Detroit,
New York, Toronto, London: Visible Ink Press, 1997.Kanellos, Nicolas with Cristelia Perez. Chronology of Hispanic American
History: from pre-Columbian times to the present. 4 vols. Detroit: Gale Research Inc, 1995.
Hispanic and Puerto Rican influence in America Rodriguez de Laguna, Asela, ed. Images and
Identities: The Puerto Rican in Two World Contexts.
New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Books, 1987. Santiago, Roberto, ed. Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings. New
York: Ballantine Books, 1995.
Poetry, fiction, essays, monologues, screenplays, and speeches interweaving historical and contemporary works. Journals The Americas Review
(formerly Revista Chicano-Riquena)
Journal carries articles on various Puerto Rican topics including history and poetry Cruz, Arnaldo. "Teaching Puerto Rican Authors: Modernization
and Identity in Nuyorican Literature."
ADE Journal published by the Modern Language Association (December 1988): 45-51. Web Sites http://www.msu.ed/user/sullivan/TangPr.html
Tangents. Provides Puerto Rican links offering general information about Puerto Rico, history, politics, culture, newspaper links, and museum links. Basic Spanish
language skills required for many links.
http://www.elboricua.com/history.html
Monthly cultural publication for Puerto Rico. This bilingual site covers the history of Tainos and
Afro-Borinquea, traditions, foods, calendar of events, country fact sheet, and poets. http://welcome.topuertorico.org
Showcases the people, history, economy, government, culture, tourist
information, and recipes. Ten pages of brief biographies featuring noted Puerto Ricans. English language web pages. http://www.boricua.com/newyork/wwwboard/wwwboard.html
WWW Nuyoricans Board Vaya. Moderated bilingual board gives sample poetry, extended discussions regarding Nuyorican vs. Puerto Rican vs. black culture in the
United States, as well as updates on the annual New York City Puerto Rican Cultural Parade.Video
Levin, Ben and Leita Luchetti. (1999) "Verso Negro." New York: Cinema Guild. Produced in 1999, this video features contemporary poet Efrain Ortiz performing classic Verso Negro or Black Verse poems
that celebrate African heritage in the Caribbean. A contemporary of the Harlem Renaissance, this movement focuses on race and racism and celebrates the diversity of Afro-Caribbean culture.
WLIW21. (1999). "The Puerto Ricans: Our American Story." New York: Author. In this video presented by PBS in March 1999, Esmeralda Santiago expresses distain for the theater owner who hires her as an
usher because he liked the film "West Side Story." This video illustrates the rich cultural heritage and history in the Puerto Rican experience, both in island living and residing on the mainland. Santiago is
one of the personalities sharing their stories of immigration. Recordings Pietri, Pedro. "Loose Joints," (1979), and "One is a Crowd." Folkways Records.
Nuyorican Poetry Movement Books Algarin, Miguel & Miguel Piñero, eds. Nuyorican Poetry: An Anthology of Puerto Rican Words and Feelings. New York: Morrow, 1975.
Pioneering work by Nuyorican poet documenting beginning of movement. Algarin is the founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café in New York City and presents its founding principles in the introduction of this work.
Algarin, Miguel & Bob Holman, eds. Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café.
New York: Henry Holt and Co., 1994. Text is a collection of street-wise artists of the Nuyorican poetry movement.
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