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LatLit2012: February 2012
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Friday, February 24, 2012. Photo from fishhousepoets.org. Grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He writes short fiction as well as poetry. He attended college in Pittsburg and received his Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in poetry as well as a second Masters degree from the Iowa Writer’s Workshop in fiction. He received the Carol Houck Smith Fiction Fellowship from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin and is the co-editor of jubilat. Really ...
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Latino Literarture "DB": Why Study Mexican American/Latino Lit?
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Friday, February 17, 2012. Why Study Mexican American/Latino Lit? Ann asks the question, Why study Mexican American/Latino literature? These are questions that I leave you all with. February 18, 2012 at 10:01 AM. I was intrigued by your final question- What can we do to make it clear that Latino and Mexican voices are the same as ours? What does it mean to recognize these voices as the same as ours? February 19, 2012 at 4:44 PM. March 8, 2012 at 6:42 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Christ Figures...
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Exploring Latino Literature: Windows and Mirrors: Mirrored
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Exploring Latino Literature: Windows and Mirrors. Wednesday, March 7, 2012. Apologies to Rafael Falcon. Suddenly, I see so many treasured things! March 8, 2012 at 7:46 PM. Thanks for sharing a little about your family. March 16, 2012 at 10:07 PM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). In My Good Books. Latino Lit Nathan Stanley. Discussions on Latino Literature. Steph's Latino Lit Blog. Visiones de Nuestra Patria. Latino Literature Spring 2012. Straight to the Point. Dreaming in Cuban Response.
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LatLit2012: Fuku and the History of the DR
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Thursday, April 12, 2012. Fuku and the History of the DR. The idea of Fuku. It is also interesting that Diaz ties Fuku to the discovery of the island and the “Admiral.” Columbus. Thought that Hispaniola was a wonderful island, Diaz. Refers to it as “the Land He Loved Best.” Yet, by discovering the island he seemed to unleash the Fuku that had been contained inside of it. In the end, the Fuku caught up to the Admiral and he died insane. By the time the Trujillo. April 12, 2012 at 6:48 PM. In My Good Books.
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Latino Literarture "DB": IDENTITY in Postcolonial Latino Literature
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Sunday, April 15, 2012. IDENTITY in Postcolonial Latino Literature. How does this theme of Identity mirror my own culture? What can be done to address this issue of identity and will it ever have an opportunity to be less prevalent in Latino Literature? These are questions that arise for me in exploring the major theme of Identity within Latino Literature. 8220;To white teachers we were all going to end up delinquents” “ I get paid whether you learn or not”, they would tell us”. In Cristina Garcia’...
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Exploring Latino Literature: Windows and Mirrors: The Mongoose in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
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Exploring Latino Literature: Windows and Mirrors. Wednesday, April 11, 2012. The Mongoose in The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. In Junot Díaz’s Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao. He includes many footnotes to explain Dominican history, nerd culture, and anything else the author finds important. One of the footnotes that caught my attention the most was one explaining “the Mongoose” that keeps appearing as a savior character in the book. And Just So Stories. The most int...
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Rikki's Latino Lit: Puerto Rican Obituary
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Friday, March 16, 2012. If you have read, or are beginning to read Bodega Dreams. You will have been introduced to excerpts from the poem Puerto Rican Obituary. A poem by PedroPietri. A famous Puerto Rican author. In Bodega Dreams, Quinonez uses the poem to highlight life in Spanish Harlem. Where the poem and the novel are both set. Pietri is a Puerto Rican poet, and is one of the founders of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The poem is a story of boricuans, the Taino. Instead, many Puerto Ricans move to Spanis...
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LatLit2012: January 2012
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Friday, January 27, 2012. Identity in "A Day without a Mexican". A Day without a Mexican, directed by Sergio Arau. Was defiantly an interesting movie. While being a unique and sometimes humorous; the film looked at the very important issue of how the majority reacts to the minority, in this case the Latinos. In a way this movie address the theme of identity, asking who are the Latinos and how are they seen in the eyes of the majority. A fun fact is that the actress playing Lila, Yareli Arizmendi. My name...
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LatLit2012: April 2012
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012. Cuban immigration over the lifetime of Celia: 1909 to 1980. The novel Dreaming in Cuban. 1909 – 1959. 1959 was a year of changes for both Cuba and the United States. In this year a revolution occurred in Cuba and Fidel Castro came to power, and he brought communism with him. As discussed before, communism is nothing new to Cuba, but this was the first time it was the major player on the political stage. Thursday, April 12, 2012. Fuku and the History of the DR. The idea of Fuku.
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Latino Literarture "DB": Dreaming Up an Identity
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Monday, April 9, 2012. Dreaming Up an Identity. 8220;To white teachers we were all going to end up delinquents” “ I get paid whether you learn or not”, they would tell us”. 8220;So, since we were almost convinced that our race had no culture, no smart people, we behaved even worse”. 8220;So we hated ourselves and fought everyday. And finally, after a while, when I lost the fear of hitting someone else(not the fear of getting hit, but of hitting someone else), I looked for fights”. (6-7). Later on, despit...
