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Article: Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings--An Anthology
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- July 1, 1996
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Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings-An Anthology, Ed., Roberto Santiago. New York: Ballantine Books, 1995.
A varied collection of works by influential nineteenth- and twentieth-century Puerto Rican writers, Boricuas is certain to become a permanent fixture in English-language university courses on Puerto Rican literature and culture. The anthology contains fiction, essays, plays, and poetrysome brilliant, some merely informative but all authentic expressions of the Puerto Rican experience.
The focus here is on the relationship between Puerto Rico and the United States, although the book contains a few tableaux of life on the island. In spite of the wide assortment of selections, ...