All of the excerpts I discuss are taken directly from
The Latino Reader
, but I have listed below the full citation of each of the excerpts for anyone who is interested in exploring further:
Harold Augenbraum and Margarite Fernández Olmos, eds.
The Latino Reader: An American Literary Tradition from 1542 to the Present
. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston. 1997.
Pachín Marín. "New York from Within: One Phase of Its Bohemian Life," translated by Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert. Arte Público Press. University of Houston.
Bernardo Vega.
Memoirs of Bernardo Vega
, translated by Juan Flores. Monthly Review Press. 1984.
Richard Rodriguez.
Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez
. David R. Godine, Publisher, Inc. 1982.
Gloria Anzaldúa.
Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza
. Aunt Lute Books. 1987.
Piri Thomas.
Down These Mean Streets
. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. New York. 1967.
Nicholas Mohr.
Nilda
. Arte Público Press. University of Houston. 1986.
Judith Ortiz Cofer.
The Latin Deli: Prose and Poetry
. Universtiy of Georgia Press. 1993.
Julia de Burgos. "Returning", translated by Dwight García and Margarite Fernández Olmos. Arte Público Press. University of Houston.
Aurora Levins Morales and Rosario Morales.
Getting Home Alive
. Firebrand Books. Ithaca, New York. 1983.
José Antonio Villareal.
Pocho
. Doubleday, a division of Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, Inc. 1959.
Helena María Viramontes.
The Moths and Other Stories
. Arte Público Press. University of Houston.
Cristina Garcia.
Dreaming in Cuban
. Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. New York. 1992.