"Makes evident that works in Spanish have always been with us, helping to define and move American culture forward."--Nicols Kanellos, founder and director of Arte Pblico Press
With a broad and intriguing range of Latino voices and perspectives, from Cabeza de Vaca's mid-sixteenth-century writings to contemporary works from Cristina Garca and Sandra Cisneros, Harold Augenbraum and Margarite Fernndez Olmos have collected history, memoirs, letters, essays, fiction, poetry, and drama into this essential anthology.
Featuring work by writers not usually associated with the Latino tradition, notably poems by William Carlos Williams and fiction by John Rechy, The Latino Reader serves to highlight the substantial contribution this culture has made to American literature.
"Makes evident that works in Spanish have always been with us, helping to define and move American culture forward."--Nicols Kanellos, founder and director of Arte Pblico Press
With a broad and intriguing range of Latino voices and perspectives, from Cabeza de Vaca's mid-sixteenth-century writings to contemporary works from Cristina Garca and Sandra Cisneros, Harold Augenbraum and Margarite Fernndez Olmos have collected history, memoirs, letters, essays, fiction, poetry, and drama into this essential anthology.
Featuring work by writers not usually associated with the Latino tradition, notably poems by William Carlos Williams and fiction by John Rechy, The Latino Reader serves to highlight the substantial contribution this culture has made to American literature.
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