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Puerto Rico

Posted inNonfiction

Carrying Histories of Protest

by Longreads October 29, 2019January 20, 2023

Jaquira Díaz witnesses her father’s rebellious fight for a better life, and her homeland’s fight for its place in the world.

Posted inNonfiction

Dispatch from Puerto Nowhere

by Robert Lopez October 11, 2019January 20, 2023

Robert Lopez examines what it means to be an assimilated American from Puerto Rico, and what was gained and lost in the process.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Story

The Offer of a Two-Night Stand, When Just One Would Do

by Suzanne Roberts July 15, 2019February 10, 2023

A guide in Puerto Rico inadvertently leads Suzanne Roberts to stop collecting men as if they were souvenirs.

Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Story, Unapologetic Women

Dancing Backup: Puerto Ricans in the American Muchedumbre

by Carina del Valle Schorske April 3, 2019October 19, 2022

Carina del Valle Schorske traces a lineage of Puerto Rican backup dancers in American entertainment from Rita Moreno to JLo.

Posted inArts & Culture, Culture, Editor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Unapologetic Women

Dancing Backup: Puerto Ricans in the American Muchedumbre

by Carina del Valle Schorske April 3, 2019October 19, 2022

Carina del Valle Schorske traces a lineage of Puerto Rican backup dancers in American entertainment from Rita Moreno to JLo.

Posted inArts & Culture, Story

The Last Puerto Rican Social Club in Brooklyn

by C.J. Karlsson October 22, 2018October 19, 2022

Social clubs were once the glue that held the Puerto Rican diaspora together. Today, there’s only one left in Brooklyn.

Posted inEditor's Pick

La Otra

by Sari Botton June 28, 2018October 19, 2022

In this personal essay, Jaquira Díaz recalls having her world suddenly turned upside down after a woman and her daughter moved in next door.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women

La Otra

by Longreads June 25, 2018October 19, 2022

When a woman and her daughter moved in next door, Jaquira Díaz found her world was suddenly turned upside down.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Unapologetic Women

La Otra

by Longreads June 25, 2018October 19, 2022

When a woman and her daughter moved in next door, Jaquira Díaz found her world was suddenly turned upside down.

Posted inArts & Culture, Current Events, Quotes, Unapologetic Women, Writing

Listening to the Words of Puerto Rican Poet Julia de Burgos After Hurricane Maria

by Danielle Jackson April 30, 2018October 19, 2022

Largely unknown, Julia de Burgos may have been Puerto Rico’s greatest poet.

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