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We said "yes, Diaz is that talented . . ."

This Month, in Honor of Junot Diaz's
2008 Pulitzer Prize Award,
We Are Reposting Last Year's
Book Review of
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Jose B. Gonzalez & Junot Diaz in CT

Created by John S. Christie, Ph.D. and Jose B. Gonzalez, Ph.D., Co-Editors of Latino Boom:An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature, this site is for:

Students conducting research on Latino literature.
Faculty who have incorporated Latino Boom into their classrooms.
Readers who are eager to learn more about literature written by the largest minority group in the U.S.

Latino Boom Resource Guide:

What faculty and critics are saying about Latino Boom:

"... a very attractive text to be adopted by any expert in the field."
Jason Cortés, UMass Boston

"comprehensive ... well-documented and researched ... very ambitious, well-constructed."
Alicia Hernandez, Rio Hondo College

"This is a text that no one teaching Latino literature should be without."
Elizabeth Garcia, Connecticut College, Centro Journal Book Review

Full Text to Latino Fiction and the Modernist Imagination by John S. Christie, Ph.D.:

`Chapter 1`	`Chapter 2`	`Chapter 3`	`Chapter 4`	`Chapter 5`	`Chapter 6`	WORKS CITED PAGE
`Part I`	`Part I`	`Part I`	`Part 1`	`Part I`	`Part I`
`Part II`	`Part II`	`Part II`	`Part II`	`Part II`	`Part II`
	`Part III`	`Part III`	`Part III`		`Part III`

One of the first full-length academic studies of U.S. Latino Literature (published by Garland Press in 1998), available only on LatinoStories.com. Chapters on:

1) The Narrative Techniques of the Border 2) The "Magic" of Influence Upon Latino Narrative 3) Latino Voices and "English Con Salsa"4) Dreams & Betrayals: Latinos Between Worlds
5) Carnival & the Department Store Called "America"
6) Flowers of the Dead: The Latino Quest for Ancestors

Copyright 2006 LatinoStories.com design and content by John S. Christie and Jose B. Gonzalez
Copyright 2006 Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature, Pearson Education, Inc.
Copyright 2006 Latino Fiction and the Modernist Imagination, John S. Christie