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Common Reading Library Research Guide:
When I Was Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago

Biography/Personal Narratives

Books:
    Bode, Janet. New Kids in Town: Oral Histories of
    Immigrant Teens. New York: Scholastic, 1989.
    HQ 796 B594

    Ortiz Cofer, Judith. Silent Dancing: a Partial
    Remembrance of a Puerto Rican Childhood.
    Houston, Texas: Arte Publico Press, 1990.
    PS 3565 R7737 Z477 1991

    Rivera, Edward. Family Installments: Memories of
    Growing Up Hispanic. New York: Morrow, 1982.
    F 128.9 P85 R58 1982

    Thomas, Piri. Down These Mean Streets. New York: Knopf, 1967.
    F 128.9 P8 T5

    Vega, Bernardo. Memoirs of Bernardo Vega: a Contribution
    to the History of the Puerto Rican Community in New York.
    New York: Monthly Review Press, 1984.
    F 128.9 P85 V4313 1984

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