Student Reading (and Viewing)
Antush, John. Recent Puerto Rican Theater: Five Plays from New York. Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press, 1991. A collection of Puerto Rican drama from the 1980s and early 1990s; includes information about early productions and some some criticism.
Augenbraum, Harold., and Margarite Fernandez Olmos. The Latino Reader. New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. An anthology of Hispanic literature from 1542 to the present; includes short historical and literary commentary.
Seeley, Virginia, and others. Latino Caribbean Literature. Paramus, New Jersey: Globe Fearon Educational Publisher, 1994. Anthology of poetry, short fiction and non-fiction for a high school audience.
Simon, Sharon, dir. Mi Puerto Rico. Nar. Raquel Ortiz. Ortiz, Simon Productions, 1995. A discussion of the historical, political, and cultural issues of Puerto Ricans on the island and the mainland U.S. through the eyes of a Latina born in East Harlem.
Teacher Resources
Burling, Robbins. Man's Many Voices: Language in Its Cultural Context. New York: Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., 1970. An investigation into the nonlinguistic factors that affect our use of language.
Fulwiler, Toby, ed. The Journal Book. Portsmouth, New Hampshire: Boynton Cook Publishers, 1987. A great resource on various learning journals and how to use them.
Fabre, Genvieve, ed. European Perspectives on Hispanic Literature of the United States. Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press, 1988.A collection of essays originally given at the 1986 conference, "Hispanic Cultures and Identities in the United States," at the University of Paris.
Flores, Juan. Divided Borders: Essays on Puerto Rican Identity. Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press, 1993. A collection of essays on history, literature, and culture of Puerto Ricans in the United States.
Hart, James, and others. Strategies For Successful Writing. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1996. Rhetoric and reader.
Kennedy, X.J. An Introduction to Poetry. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982. A comprehensive introduction to poetics; contains examples and exercises.
Latino Link. www.latinolink.com. LatinoLink Enterpresise, Inc., copyright 1995-98.
Sanchez, Rosaura. Chicano Discourse: Socio-historic Perspectives. Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press, 1994. A study of Chicano bilingualism from historical, Social, ideological, and semiotic perspectives.
Skwire, David. Writing With A Thesis. New York: Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1994.
Takaki, Ronald. A Different Mirror. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 1993.
A revision of American history from a multicultural perspective.
Wallace, Robert. Writing Poems. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1982.
A more advanced discussion of poetics; contains examples and exercises.
