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"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.
| Introduction | ||
| Acknowledgments | ||
| Here | 3 | |
| To the Persecuted | 7 | |
| The Sounds of Sixth Street | 8 | |
| A Letter to a Child Like Me | 11 | |
| It Is Raining Today | 19 | |
| How to Know the Puerto Ricans | 20 | |
| Island of Lost Causes | 22 | |
| Hallelujahs | 25 | |
| Puerto Rican Nationalism | 27 | |
| On Recent Disturbances in Puerto Rico | 29 | |
| The Boy Without a Flag | 30 | |
| Grand River of Loiza | 46 | |
| The "Lamento Borincano" | 48 | |
| The Party (From Palante! Young Lords Party) | 52 | |
| Los Macheteros | 60 | |
| Double Allegiance | 74 | |
| Child of the Americas | 79 | |
| Ay Ay Ay, of the Kinky Negress | 80 | |
| Puerto Ricans: Between Black and White | 81 | |
| Nigger-Reecan Blues | 91 | |
| Black and Latino | 93 | |
| Babylon for the Babylonians (From Down These Mean Streets) | 96 | |
| African Things | 101 | |
| The Myth of the Latin Woman: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria | 102 | |
| A Mongo Affair | 108 | |
| Puerto Rican Obituary | 117 | |
| The Konk | 126 | |
| The Story of My Body | 132 | |
| To Julia de Burgos | 142 | |
| Hangin' (Out) with the Homeboys | 144 | |
| Niggerlips | 151 | |
| Little Things Are Big | 153 | |
| The Docile Puerto Rican - Literature and Psychological Reality | 155 | |
| The American Invasion of Macun (From When I Was Puerto Rican) | 159 | |
| Monday Morning | 181 | |
| "Looking Good" | 184 | |
| Carlito's Way | 189 | |
| Short Eyes | 205 | |
| Poppa Dio! | 218 | |
| Bayaminina | 243 | |
| Roots (From Palante! Young Lords Party) | 245 | |
| I Became My Own Path | 255 | |
| Yoruba (From The Santeria Experience) | 256 | |
| Aunt Rosana's Rocker | 268 | |
| Aerobics for Love | 288 | |
| Malig; Malig & Sal; Sal. (From Dominoes and Other Stories from The Puerto Rican) | 293 | |
| My Old Flame | 302 | |
| HIV | 304 | |
| Poem for My Death | 307 | |
| Dedicated to Maria Rodriguez Martinez - February 24, 1975 | 308 | |
| The Freddie Prinze Story | 310 | |
| A Special Kind of Courage: Bernard Carabello | 317 | |
| Loiza Aldea | 342 | |
| The Final Act | 347 | |
| About the Contributors | 349 | |
| Author Index | 357 | |
| Permission Acknowledgments | 358 |
Anonymous
Posted June 4, 2003
I picked up the book to flip through it and quickly made my way to the check out stand. The intorduction by Mr. Santiago resonated with my experience growing up in Spanish Harlem. Like the editor, growing up, I often felt like I belonged to a people without history. This book is an excellent gift for anyone: from a kid searching for history to an adult needing to read a story that resonates with their culture and their historical experience. At the same time, its a fun read. Buy it!
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Overview
MANY CULTURES * ONE WORLD"Boricua is what Puerto Ricans call one another as a term of endearment, respect, and cultural affirmation; it is a timeless declaration that transcends gender and color. Boricua is a powerful word that tells the origin and history of the Puerto Rican people."
--From the Introduction
From the sun-drenched beaches of a beautiful, flamboyan-covered island to the cool, hard pavement of the fierce South Bronx, the remarkable journey of the Puerto Rican people is a rich story full of daring defiance, courageous strength, fierce passions, and dangerous politics--and it is a story that continues to be...