LibGuides: LIT420: Module 1

Module 1 Required Resources

U.S. Latino/a Literature: Re-creating America
Torres, L. "U.S. Latino/a Literature: Re-creating America." Anq-a Quarterly Journal of Short Articles Notes and Reviews, vol. 10,1997, p 47–50. https://doi.org/10.1080/08957699709602298
Torres unpacks the complex challenges facing U.S. Latino/a writing in the 1980s.

El Corrido de Joaquín Murrieta
Mendoza, Lydia. “El Corrido de Joaquin Murrieta.” Youtube, uploaded by Evo Bluestein, 3 January 2010, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yJ7irflWmm8.
Watch this 3-minute performance of El Corrido de Joaquín Murrieta.
El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez
“El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez.” Voices Across Time, 1910, https://voices.pitt.edu/TeachersGuide/Unit%206/Song%20Page%20ElCorridodeGregorioCortez.htm.
Read these lyrics for El Corrido de Gregorio Cortez. The lyrics are presented in parallel in both Spanish and English.
Contrabando y traición
Los Tigres del Norte Oficial. “Contrabando y traición,” Youtube, 16 May 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ocd-A-lItU.
Listen to this recording of Contrabando y traición. Full lyrics can be found through a Google search.

Looking Out, Looking In: Anthology of Latino Poetry
Luis, W. Looking Out, Looking In: Anthology of Latino Poetry. Arte Público Press, 2013. http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nu/detail.action?docID=3115225
Refer to this anthology for the following works from the early poets associated with the Nuyorican Poets Café:

Miguel Algarín: “A Mongo Affair” (pages 5-9)

Tato Laviera: “AmeRícan” (pages 155-157)

Tato Laviera: “lady liberty” (pages 157-160)

Tato Laviera: “My graduation speech” (pages 160-161)

Miguel Piñero: “A Lower East Side Poem” (pages 233-234)

Miguel Piñero: “This is not the place where I was born” (pages 237-239)
Puerto Rican Discovery #3: Not Neither by Sandra María Esteves
Esteves, Sandra María. “Puerto Rican Discovery #3: Not Neither.” Academy of American Poets, https://poets.org/poem/puerto-rican-discovery-3-not-neither. Retrieved May 1, 2023
Read Sandra Maria Esteves' work, Puerto Rican Discovery #3: Not Neither, on this webpage.
Puerto Rican Obituary by Pedro Pietri
Pietri, Pedro. “Puerto Rican Obituary.” Academy of American Poets, https://poets.org/poem/puerto-rican-obituary. Retrieved May 1, 2023
Read Pedro Pietri's work, Puerto Rican Obituary, on this webpage.

The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez
The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez. Directed by R.M. Young, 1983. https://tubitv.com/movies/685621/the-ballad-of-gregorio-cortez
Watch the full-length version of The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez on Tubi. This film was produced in 1983, is rated PG and runs for 105 minutes.
AmeRícan
Laviera, Tato, and All-Star Puerto Rican Poets. “AmeRícan.” Youtube, uploaded by Center for Puerto Rican Studies-Centro, 17 October 2019, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM7xx4WshmA.
Watch Tato Laviera and other prominent poets recite his poem AmeRícan. This video will help you complete Assignment 1 if you choose the second prompt.