What's the Word? Puerto Rican Literature on the Island and in the United States

Summary:

Explores issues of national and cultural identity central to Puerto Rican literature

Website:

http://www.mla.org/radio

Additional Credits and Funding:

Host: Sally Placksin, Technical Director: Duke Markos, Production Coordinator: Lee Morgan

Timely on:

September 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15)

Tones:

Authoritative, Engaging, Polished

Description:

What's the Word? Puerto Rican Literature on the Island and in the United States

Puerto Rico became a territory of the United States at the beginning of the twentieth century. Since then, issues of national and cultural identity have been central to Puerto Rican literature. This program explores the conflicts between traditional Hispanic and Afro-Antillean culture and the increasing influence of the United States on island culture. Writers who left the island to live elsewhere provide other perspectives on Puerto Rican cultural identity. On this program Guillermo Irizarry discusses works by Antonio S. Pedreira, Jose Luis Gonzalez, and Mayra Santos Febres; Licia Fiol-Matta explores the life and work of the poet Julia de Burgos; and Lazarro Lima takes us back to the founding of the Nuyorican Poet's Cafe by poets Miguel Algarin and Miguel Pinero.


Fifteen- and thirty-second promos available.

Well-suited to National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15 - October 15)

If you are interested in this, see our piece at:
http://prx.org/pieces/27700 What's the Word? Cosmopolitanism in Latin America.

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