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Title: Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings-An Anthology by Roberto Santiago ISBN: 0-345-39502-6 Publisher: One World Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.94 (17 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: BORICUAS captured the true experience of being puerto rican!
Comment: I could not put it down!!!! Before I read this book I had struggled to learn of my true self being a Boricua who grew up in the U.S. And now I can say that I have gained a deeper sense of understanding and love for my self and where I come from. Thank you for helping me truly become and understand my self. YO SOY BORICUA!!!!!!!!!
Rating: 4
Summary: An essential contribution to Puerto Rican studies
Comment: "Boricuas" is a tremendous gift both to the Puerto Rican community and to those who want to learn more about Puerto Rican culture. Editor Roberto Santiago has assembled a collection of writings which illuminate the joys, sorrows, and complexities of the Puerto Rican experience.
This anthology has many strengths. It contains a full range of genres--poetry, speeches, short fiction, essays, drama, and more. There is even a transcription of one of Freddie Prinze's classic comedy routines. There is also a good mix of male and female authors: Julia de Burgos, Piri Thomas, Aurora Levins Morales, Jesus Colon, and many, many more.
The book does have some flaws. The author biographies at the end of the book are far too short and insubstantial--many of them are only 2 or 3 lines long. More bibliographic data on each author would have made the book a more powerful resource for teachers and students. And the book could have used a firmer editorial hand in parts. The excerpt from Miguel Pinero's play "Short Eyes," for example, contains no editorial indication that this is in fact an excerpt; readers might be misled to believe that this is a short one-act play in its entirety.
Another drawback to the anthology is the relative lack of writers from the 19th century and earlier. With the exception of Jose de Diego, these pioneers of Puerto Rican literature are entirely absent. If you want to read the important poetry and prose of Manuel A. Alonso, Jose Gautier Benitez, Pachin Marin, and others, you will have to look elsewhere.
These criticisms aside, "Boricuas" is an excellent collection. The stories, poems, and other selections are full of all the richness of the Puerto Rican experience. Some of the best selections include Migene Gonzalez-Wippler's autobiographical piece about her experience of the Santeria religion, Abraham Rodriguez' multilayered short story "The Boy Without a Flag," and editor Santiago's excellent introductory essay.
This wonderful book makes an excellent class text for high school or college courses; in fact, I used it when I taught the "Literature of the Americas" course offered by the University of Pittsburgh. But this is also a book for outside the classroom; it is a collection to be read, enjoyed, and shared with loved ones. "Boricuas" is a triumph for both Roberto Santiago and for the many authors whose voices are celebrated between the book's covers.
Rating: 5
Summary: The Best Collection from the Best of los Boricuas
Comment: Art, Poetry, Short Stories, Drawings. Stories of Religion, from Catholic, to Santeria. From growing up in hungry in the streets of Spanish Harlem, to growing up in the rural areas of La Isla. From being a street hood, to being a Chico and The Man Tv Star. Boricuas, is destined to be a classic. In this collection you get only the best, from the best Puerto Rican writers and poets. Piri Thomas, Esmeralda Santiago, Judith Cofer, Nicholasa Mohr, just to name a few of these talented writters. What I love the most about this book is that it will introduce many Puerto Ricans as well as the rest of the world to the many talented Boricua authors there are. This book will fill you with pride and joy, if you are ever thinking of that perfect gift for that young adult Boricua in your life, this is it.
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Title: Stories from Puerto Rico by Robert L. Muckley, Adela Martinez-Santiago ISBN: 0844204021 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Pub. Date: 11 June, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: The Tainos: Rise & Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus by Irving Rouse ISBN: 0300056966 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1993 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas ISBN: 0679781420 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 December, 1997 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago ISBN: 0679756760 Publisher: Vintage Books USA Pub. Date: 01 September, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Puerto Rico: The Trials of the Oldest Colony in the World by Jose Trias Monge ISBN: 0300076185 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 April, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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