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Reading Corner: Latin American and U.S. Latino Writers

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Latin American and U.S. Latino Writers

Latin American Writers in Translation

Follow the links to find these writers' works in the MCPL collection.

Abreu, Caio Fernando (Brazil)
Allende, Isabel (Chile)
Amado, Jorge (Brazil)
Arenas, Reinaldo (Cuba)
Asturias, Miguel Ángel (Guatemala)
Borges, Jorge Luis (Argentina)
Cortázar, Julio (Argentina)
Donoso, José (Chile)
Dorfman, Ariel (Chile)
Esquivel, Laura (Mexico)
Ferré, Rosario (Puerto Rico)
Fuentes, Carlos (Mexico)
García Marquez, Gabriel (Colombia)
Mistral, Gabriela (Chile)
Neruda, Pablo (Chile)
Paz, Octavio (Mexico)
Poniatowska, Elena (Mexico)
Puig, Manuel (Argentina)
Restrepo, Laura (Colombia)
Rulfo, Juan (Mexico)
Toscana, David (Mexico)
Valenzuela, Luisa (Argentina)
Vargas Llosa, Mario (Peru)

Anthologies of Latin American literature in translation

Bowen, David, ed. PYRAMIDS OF GLASS: SHORT FICTION FROM MODERN MEXICO. 1994. (SHORT STORIES)

Canfield, Cass, ed. MASTERWORKS OF LATIN AMERICAN SHORT FICTION. 1996. (SHORT STORIES).

Correas de Zapata, Celia, ed. SHORT STORIES BY LATIN AMERICAN WOMEN: THE MAGIC AND THE REAL. 1990. (SHORT STORIES).

Fernández Olmos, Margarite. REMAKING A LOST HARMONY: STORIES FROM THE HISPANIC CARIBBEAN. 1995. (SHORT STORIES).

González Echiverría, Roberto, ed. THE OXFORD BOOK OF LATIN AMERICAN SHORT STORIES. 1995. (SHORT STORIES).


Latino Writers from the U.S.

Follow the links to find these writers' works in the MCPL collection.

Alcalá, Kathleen
Alvarez, Julia
Anaya, Rudolfo
Arana, Maria
Baca, Jimmy Santiago
Benítez, Sandra
Castillo, Ana
Chávez, Denise
Cisneros, Sandra
Díaz, Junot
García, Cristina
Gilb, Dagoberto
Hijuelos, Oscar
Limón, Graciela
Mohr, Nicholasa
Mora, Pat
Morales, Ed
Mujica, Bárbara
Ortiz Cofer, Judith
Rodríguez, Richard
Santiago, Esmeralda
Soto, Gary
Stavans, Ilán
Thomas, Piri
Urrea, Luis Alberto
Villaseñor, Victor
Viramontes, Helena María

Anthologies of Latino writing in the U.S.

Augenbraum, Harold, ed. GROWING UP LATINO: MEMOIRS AND STORIES. 1993 (810.8 GRO).

Flores, Lauro, ed. THE FLOATING BORDERLANDS: 25 YEARS OF U.S. HISPANIC LITERATURE. 1998. (810.8 FLO).

Gonzáles, Ray, ed. CURRENTS FROM THE DANCING RIVER: CONTEMPORARY LATINO FICTION, NONFICTION AND POETRY. 1994 (810.8 CUR).

MIRRORS BENEATH THE EARTH: SHORT FICTION BY CHICANO WRITERS. 1992. (SHORT STORIES)

Kanellos, Nicolás, ed. HERENCIA: THE ANTHOLOGY OF HISPANIC LITERATURE IN THE UNITED STATES. 2002. (810.808 HER)

THE HISPANIC LITERARY COMPANION. 1997. (810.8 HIS)

Poey, Delia, ed. IGUANA DREAMS: NEW LATINO FICTION. 1992. (SHORT STORIES).

LITTLE HAVANA BLUES: A CUBAN-AMERICAN LITERATURE ANTHOLOGY. 1996. (810.8 LIT)

Soto, Gary, ed. PIECES OF THE HEART: NEW CHICANO FICTION. 1993 (SHORT STORIES).