READING LIST
compiled by Not4Prophet
The following list of books was compiled for those of us who are interested in self-educating. These are the books you won't hear or learn about in they schools, but sometimes what they won't teach us, is exactly what we should know. Pick up any of these books for an in-depth look inside colonialism in Puerto Rico and learn about those who resist it. More importantly, find inspiration for what you can do to resist it.
THE PUERTO RICAN LIBERATION STRUGGLE:
EXPOSING THE IMPERIALIST:
1. Reproducing Empire: Race, Sex, Science and US Imperialism in Puerto
Rico by Laura Briggs.
University of California Press (2002)
ISBN-13 978-0520232587
2. Imposing Decency: The Politics of Sexuality and Race in Puerto Rico, 1870-1920
by Eileen J. Suarez Findlay
Duke University Press; New Edition (December 1999)
ISBN-13: 978-0822323969
3. Puerto Rico: The Trials of the Oldest Colony in the World
By Jose Trias Monge
Yale University Press (1999)
ISBN-13: 978-0300076189
4. Growing up Bilingual: Puerto Rican Children in New York
by Ana Celia Zentella
Wiley-Blackwell (1997)
ISBN-13: 978-1557864079
5. Colonial Dilemma: Critical Perspectives on Contemporary Puerto Rico
By Edwin Melendez and Edgardo Melendez (editors)
South End press (1993)
ISBN-89608-442-6
6. La Batalla De Vieques
by Arturo Melendez lopez
Edil (1989)
ISBN 968-6308-14-8
7. Dona Licha's Island: Modern Colonialism in Puerto Rico
by Alfredo lopez
South End press (1987)
ISBN-0-89608-x
8. The Intellectual Roots of Independence: An anthology of Puerto Rican Political essays
By Iris M. Zavala and Rafael Rodriguez (editors)
Monthly Review Press (1980)
ISBN-0-85345-520
9. The Emigration Dialectic: Puerto Rico and the USA
by Manuel Maldonado-Dennis
International Publishers (1976)
ISBN 0-7178-0563-4
10. Notes on the Puerto Rican Revolution
by Gordon K. lewis
Monthly Review press (1974)
ISBN 0-85345-341-1
11. We the Puerto Rican People: A Story of Oppression and Resistance
by Juan Angel Silen
Monthly Review Press (1971)
70-158926
PEDRO ALBIZU CAMPOS • THE NATIONALIST PARTY OF PUERTO RICO:
1. Pedro Albizu Campos: Las Llamas de la Aurora, Un acercamiento a su biografía
by Marisa Rosado
Second Edition revised and updated
San Juan de Puerto Rico (2001)
ASIN: B000JGD1NS
2. Albizu Campos: Preso en Atlanta- Historia del # 51298-A (correspondencia)
by Carmelo Rosario Natal, Editor
San Juan de Puerto Rico (2001)
3. Yo Acuso y lo que paso despues (The conspiracy behind the radiation experiments on Albizu)
by Pedro Aponte Vasquez
Publicaciones RENE (1998)
San Juan de Puerto Rico
4. Una Vida de Amor y Sacrificio: Laura Meneses de Ablizu Campos- Una vida dedicada a la lucha
by Cristina Meneses Albizu Campos and Silvia Lora Gamarra
Dorado, Puerto Rico (1997)
5. Pedro Albizu Campos y el Nacionalismo Puertorriqueño
by Luis Angel Ferrao
Publisher: Cultural; 1st edition (1990)
ASIN: B000MFAMNI
6. La Insurreccion nacionalista en Puerto Rico - 1950
by Miñi Seijo Bruno
Edil, University of Puerto Rico (1989)
ISBN 968-6308-22-9
7. Albizu Campos: Puerto Rican Revolutionary
by Federico Ribes Tovar
Publisher: Plus Ultra Educational (1971)
ASIN: B000BK5VRQ
FILIBERTO OJEDA RIOS • EPB-LOS MACHETEROS:
1. Filiberto Ojeda Rios: su propuesta, su vision
by Jose Elias Torres (editor)
Publisher: Claridad, first edition (2006)
ISBN: 1-881748-51-0
2. Cita con la injusticia
by Daisy Sánchez
Primera edición, 1996
Editorial DG
3. Los Macheteros/ the Cane-Cutters
by Ronald Fernandez
Publisher: Lectorum Pubns Inc (J); Spanish edition (December 1995)
ISBN-10: 9995373084
ISBN-13: 978-9995373085
4. Los Macheteros: The Wells Fargo Robbery and the Violent Struggle for Puerto Rican Independence
by Ronald Fernandez (Author)
Publisher: Prentice Hall; First edition (September 1, 1987)
ISBN-10: 0135406005
ISBN-13: 978-0135406007
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND:
POLICY • ECONOMY • MILITARY STRATEGY OF THE IMPERIALIST:
1. The Puerto Ricans: A Documentary History
by Olga Jimenez de Wagenheim
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers; Revised edition (May 2002)
ISBN-10: 1558762914
ISBN-13: 978-1558762
2. Constructing a Colonial People
by Pedro Caban
Publisher: Westview Press (January 1, 2001)
ISBN-10: 0813339030 ISBN-13: 978-0813339030
3. Islands of Resistance
by Mario Murillo
Seven Stories Press, New York (2001)
ISBN 1-58322-080-1
4. Puerto Rico: La independencia es una necesidad (Paperback)
by Rafael Cancel Miranda (Author)
Publisher: Pathfinder Press (NY); Booklet edition (February 2001)
ISBN-10: 0873488962
ISBN-13: 978-0873488969
5. The Disenchanted Island
by Ronald Fernandez
Publisher: Praeger Paperback; 2 edition (March 30, 1996)
ISBN-10: 0275952274
ISBN-13: 978-0275952273
6. Prisoners of Colonialism
by Ronald Fernandez
Publisher: Common Courage Press (March 1994)
ISBN-10: 1567510280
ISBN-13: 978-1567510287
List Price: 29.95
7. Campus in Bondage: A 1948 Microcosm of Puerto Rico in Bondage
by Ruth M. Reynolds (Author)
Editors: Carlos R. Fraticelli, Blanca Erazo
Publisher: Hunter College (June 1989)
ISBN-10: 1878483005
ISBN-13: 978-1878483003
8. La presencia military de Estados Unidos en Puerto Rico
by Maria Estades Font
Publisher: Ediciones Huracán; 1a ed edition (1988)
ISBN-10: 0940238586
ISBN-13: 978-0940238589
9. Economic History of Puerto Rico
by James Dietz
Publisher: Princeton University Press (January 1, 1987)
ISBN-10: 0691022488
ISBN-13: 978-0691022482
THE YOUNG LORDS PARTY:
1. We Took the Streets: Fighting for Latino Rights with the Young Lords
by Mickey Melendez
Publisher: Rutgers University Press (March 25, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0813535593
2. The Puerto Rican Movement: Voices from the Diaspora (Puerto Rican Studies) (Paperback)
by Andres Torres (Editor), Jose E. Velazquez (Editor)
Publisher: Temple University Press (June 1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1566396182
ISBN-13: 978-1566396189
3. El Young Lord, vol. 1, no. 2, April 15, 1971.
Book Description: Milwaukee Young Lords Party 1971., 1971. 16p.
illus. tabloid, with articles on Reies Tijerina, Bobby Seale and Angela Davis, as well as on the Puerto Rican liberation struggle)
4. Palante: Young Lords Party
Abramson, Michael, and The Young Lords Party
by Young Lords Party.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill (January 1971)
ISBN-10: 0070001588
ISBN-13: 978-0070001589
5. Committee of Solidarity with Puerto Rican Liberation.
Young Lords Party
Book Description: New York the Young Lords [1970]., 1970.
PUERTO RICANS BEFORE (AND AFTER) COLUMBUS CAME:
1. Slave Traffic in the Age of Abolition: Puerto Rico, West Africa, and the Non-Hispanic Caribbean, 1815-1859
by JOSEPH C. DORSEY
University Press of Florida; 1st edition (2003)
ISBN-13: 978-0813024783
2. Taino Revival: Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rican Identity and Cultural Politics
by Gabriel Haslip-Viera
Markus Wiener Publishers (2001)
ISBN - 13: 978-1558762596
3. The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus
by Irving Rouse
Yale University Press (1993)
ISBN-13: 978-0300056969
4. African Diaspora in Puerto Rico
by Aurea E Rodriguez
Caribbean Cultural Center (1991)
ASIN: B0006OS2KA
PUERTO RICAN ANARCHISTS / ANARCHISM
1. A Nation of Women: An Early Feminist Speaks out
Mi opinion sobre las libertades, derechos y deberes de la mujer.
Edited, with an introduction, by Felix V. Matos Rodriguez.
Arte Publico Press (April 15, 2005)
ISBN-13: 978-1558854277
Available from SPD books $16.95
And University of Houston
2. Amor y Anarquia, Los escritos de Luisa Capetillo
Edited by Julio Ramos,
ediciones huracan publishers, PR, 1992.
ISBN-13: 978-0929157153
Ediciones Huracan
Avenida Gonzalez 1002, Rio Piedras PR 00925
(787)763-7407, (787)763-1486 fax, Primary SIC: Book Publishing &
Printing, Primary NAICS: Book Publishers
3. Letters from prison: A compilation of Martin Sostre's correspondence from Erie County Jail, Buffalo, New York; and Green Haven Prison, Stormville, New York
by Martin Sostre
Publisher: Philosophical Society of the State University of New York
at Buffalo, in cooperation with the Martin Sostre Defense Committee
(1968) ASIN: B0007HF3NU
ASIN: B0006CO8PU
PUERTO RICAN'S IN THE DIASPORA:
1. Pioneros: Puerto Ricans in New York City 1892-1948
by Felix V. Matos-Rodriguez and Pedro Juan Hernandez
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing; Bilingual edition (2001)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0738505060
2. The Puerto Rican Nation on the Move: Identities on the Island and in the United States
by Jorge Duany
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press (2001)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0807853726
PUERTO RICAN POETRY:
1. The Republic of Poetry
By Martin Espada
W. W. Norton (2006)
ISBN-13: 978-0393062564
2. Alabanza: New and Selected Poems 1982-2002
By Martin Espada
W.W. Norton & Co. (2004)
ISBN-13: 978-0393326215
3. Mis Dioses llevan tu nombre
by Rafael Cancel Miranda
(2000)
4. Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos
by Julia de Burgos
Publisher: Curbstone Press (November 1, 1997)
Language: Spanish
ISBN-13: 978-1880684245
5. Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe
by Miguel Algarin (Editor), Bob Holman (Editor)
Holt Paperbacks (1994)
ISBN-13: 978-0805032574
6. La Carretera Made a U-Turn
by Tato Laviera
Arte Publico Press (1992)
ISBN 1-55885-064-3
7. The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Vol. 1: 1909-1939
By William Carlos Williams
New Directions Publishing Corporation (1991)
ISBN-13: 978-0811211871
8. The Collected Poems of William Carlos Williams, Vol. 2: 1939-1962
By William Carlos Williams
New Directions Publishing Corporation (September 1991)
ISBN-10: 0811211886
9. Rebellion is the Circle of a Lovers hand
by Martin Espada
Curbstone Press (1990)
ISBN: 0-915306-95-6
10. Trumpets from the Islands of their Eviction
by Martin Espada
Bilingual Press (1987)
ISBN: 0-916950-72-7
11. Times Now
by Miguel Algarin
Arte Publico Press (1985)
ISBN 0-934770-336
12. On Call
by Miguel Algarin
Arte Publico Press (1980)
ISBN 0-934770-03-4
13. Nuyorican Poetry: An Anthology of Puerto Rican Words and Feelings
by Miguel Algarin and Miguel Pinero (editors)
Morrow paperback Editions (1975)
ISBN 0-688-02967-1
14. Puerto Rican Obituary
by Pedro Pietri
Publisher: Isla Negra Editorials (1974)
Langiage: Spanish/English
15. Spiks
by Pedro Juan Soto
Monthly Review press (1973)
ISBN 0-85345-299-7
PUERTO RICAN PLAYS:
1. The Masses are Asses
by Pedro Pietri
Green Integer 63 (2003)
ISBN 1-892295-62-8
2. Outrageous: One Act Plays
by Miguel Piñero
Arte Publico press (1986)
ISBN 0-934770-68-9
3. The Sun Always Shines for the Cool/ Midnight Moon at the Greasy Spoon/ Eulogy for a Small Time Thief
by Miguel Piñero
Arte Publico Press (1984)
ISBN 0-934770-25-5
4. Short Eyes
by Miguel Piñero
Hill and wang (1974)
PUERTO RICAN WRITING (ANTHOLOGIES):
1. Boricuas: Influential Puerto Rican Writings - An Anthology
by Roberto Santiago
Publisher: One World/Ballantine; 1st edition (1995)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0345395023
PUERTO RICAN MUSIC:
1. La-Le-Lo-Lai: Puerto Rican Musi and its Performers
by Peter Bloch
Series: A Plus Ultra book (1973)
Language: English
LC: ML207 P8 B6
2. My Music Is My Flag: Puerto Rican Musicians and Their New York Communities, 1917-1940
by Ruth Glasser
Publisher: University of California Press (1997)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0520208902
3. From Bomba to Hip-Hop: Puerto Rican Culture and Latino Identity
by Juan Flores
Publisher: Columbia University Press (2000)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0231110778
4. New York Ricans from the Hip Hop Zone
by Raquel Z. Rivera
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan; 1st edition ( 2003)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1403960443
PUERTO RICAN BIOGRAPHIES/ AUTOBIOGRAPHIES:
1. Stories from El Barrio
by Piri Thomas (Author)
Paperback: 136 pages
Publisher: Freedom Voices Publications (December 15, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0915117116
List Price: $19.95
2. Down These Mean Streets
by Piri Thomas
Publisher: Vintage; Reprint edition (November 25, 1997)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0679781424\
List Price: $9.71
3. Seven Long Times
by Piri Thomas (Author)
Publisher: Signet (October 21, 1975)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0451614391
4. Clemente: The Passion and Grace of Baseball's Last Hero
by David Maraniss
Simon & Schuster (2006)
ISBN-13: 978-0-7432-1781-1
PUERTO RICAN BOOKS FOR CHILDREN:
1. Perez and Martina: A Porto Rican Folktale
by Pura Belpre
Publisher: Viking Children's Books; Reissue edition (1991)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0670841660
2. The Song of El Coqui and Other Tales of Puerto Rico
by Nicholasa Mohr and Antonio Martorell
Publisher: Viking Juvenile (1995)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0670858378
3. Old Letivia and the Mountain of Sorrows
by Nicholasa Mohr (Author) and Rudy Gutierrez (Illustrator)
Publisher: Viking Juvenile (July 1, 1996)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0670844195
ISBN-13: 978-0670844197
4. Juan Bobo and the Pig
by Felix Pitre
Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; 1st edition (1993)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0525674290
5. Paco and the Witch
by Felix Pitre
# Publisher: Dutton Juvenile; 1st edition (1995)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0525675013
6. The Legend of the Hummingbird: A Tale from Puerto Rico
by Michael Rose Ramirez
Publisher: Mondo Publishing (1998)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1572552328
ISBN-13: 978-1572552326
7. The Golden Flower: A Taino Myth from Puerto Rico
by Nina Jaffe (Author) and Enrique O. Sanchez (Illustrator)
Publisher: Simon & Schuster (1996)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0689804694
8. Atariba and Niguayona: A Story from the Taino People of Puerto Rico
by Harriet Rohmer (Author), Jesus Guerrero Rea (Author), Consuelo Mendez Castillo (Illustrator)
# Publisher: Children's Book Press (CA); Revised edition (1988)
Language: English, Spanish
ISBN-13: 978-0892390267
9. Golden Tales
by Lulu Delacre
Publisher: San Val (2001)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0613357210
10. Salsa Stories
by Lulu Delacre
Publisher: Scholastic Press; 1st edition (2000)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0590631181
11. My Aunt Otilia's Spirits = Los espíritus de mi tía Otilia
by Richard Garcia, Roger I. Reyes and Jesus Guerrero Rea
Publisher: Children's Book Press (CA); Bilingual edition (1987)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0892390298
12. The Vejigante & the Folk Festivals of Puerto Rico
by Edwin Fontanez
Publisher: Exit Studio (1994)
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0964086807
ORDERING/BUYING BOOKS ON THE PUERTO RICAN LIBERATION STRUGGLE:
1. La Tertulia
UPR campus in Rio Piedras
Ave. Ponce de León #1002, Río Piedras, Puerto Rico
e-mail: tertulia@coqui.net
2. Taller Puertorriqueño, Inc.
Julia de Burgos Books and Crafts Store
2721 N. 5th Street (corner of Lehigh Avenue)
Philadelphia, PA 19133
215-426-3311
http://www.tallerpr.org/book_pages/book_frameset.htm
NYC LIBRARIES WITH BOOKS AND DOCUMENTS AROUND PUERTO RICAN HISTORY
Books at the following libraries are mostly on reserve only, meaning you can't check them out. You must read them there or you can make photocopies to take with you.
El Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, @ Hunter College/ CUNY
Hunter College's East Building
68th Street and Lexington Avenue
Third Floor:
The Centro Library & Archives is housed inside Hunter College's main library and is open to the public.
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Please note, you do NOT need a college ID. Though it is required for the main library, if you tell security you're going to "EL CENTRO", they must give you a pass. If they question you, have them contact El Centro directly.
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http://centropr.org/library_archives.html
Library: (212) 772-4197
General books in the library are available during regular business hours. For access to archived documents, you must schedule an appointment ahead of time. Archives are open Monday thorough Friday by appointment only. Archives: (212) 772-5151
New York Public Library
Aguilar Branch
174 E 110th St (Between Third and Lexington Avenues, East Harlem)
New York, NY 10029
(212) 534-2930
New York Public Library
Hunts Point Branch
877 Southern Blvd
Between Tiffany and Barretto Streets
Bronx, NY 10459
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(718)617-0338
