Letras

Editor's note: This interview is the seventh in a series that will focus on contemporary Puerto Rican authors. To read the previous interview with Eleanor Parker Sapia, click here . Author bio: Sandra Rodriguez Barron was born in Puerto Rico, grew up in El Salvador, and lives in Connecticut. She is the author of The Heiress of Water, which won first place for debut fiction at the 2007...

Editor's note: This interview is the sixth in a series that will focus on contemporary Puerto Rican authors. To read the previous interview with Dahlma Llanos Figueroa, click here . Author bio: Puerto Rican-born Eleanor Parker Sapia is the author of the award-winning historical novel, A Decent Woman , published by Scarlet River Press. A Decent Woman was selected as a Book of the Month by Las...

Editor's note: This interview is the fifth in a series that will focus on contemporary Puerto Rican authors. To read the previous interview with Noel Quiñones​, click here . Author bio: Ms. Llanos-Figueroa is a novelist, memoirist and short story writer whose work is grounded in the Puerto Rican communities on the island and in New York City. Her longer narratives, though universal in nature, are...

Editor's note: This interview is the fourth in a series that will focus on contemporary Puerto Rican authors. To read the previous interview with Peggy Robles-Alvarado, click here . Author bio: Noel Quiñones is an AfroBoricua educator, writer, and performer born and raised in the Bronx. He has received fellowships from Poets House, CantoMundo, and the Watering Hole, and his work is forthcoming or...