BoricuaPlanet
Discover essential Puerto Rican literature with BoricuaPlanet's curated book list. Explore Esmeralda Santiago's classic memoir *When I Was Puerto Rican* and Irving Rouse's *The Tainos* for deep insight into Puerto Rican history, identity, and culture.
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When I was Puerto Rican
by Esmeralda Santiago
Selling over 16,000 copies in hardcover, this triumphant coming-of-age memoir is now available in paperback editions in both English and Spanish. In the tradition of Black Ice, Santiago writes lyrically of her childhood on her native island and of her bewildering years of transition in New York City.
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The Tainos
by Irving Rouse
Tells the story of the Taino people from their ancestral days in South America through their migration to the northern Caribbean islands where they were the first natives to interact with Columbus, to their rapid and immediate decline under the European gifts of forced labor, malnutrition, disease, and dispersal. Includes a glossary without pronunciation. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
