Reference Sources for Latinx Writers
Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Literature in the United States by Call Number: Olin stacks PQ 7420.2 K16ISBN: 0313244650Publication Date: 1989A guide to representative Hispanic writers living and writing in the U.S. and Puerto Rico. Mexican American writers are excluded. Entries are divided into three sections: biography, major themes, and survey of criticism. Each entry ends with a substantial bibliography of works by and about the author. A general bibliography on Hispanic literature and an index round out the volume.Chicano Literature: a Reference Guide
Call Number: Olin Reference PS 153 M4 C53Publication Date: Westport: Greenwood Press, 1985.Provides alphabetically arranged entries on major Chicano authors and important topics in the study of Chicano literature. The term "Chicano literature" is defined as the literary output of Mexican-Americans since 1848. Each author entry includes brief biographic information, a discussion of major works, a bibliography of the authors writings, and sources of criticism.Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature. by
Call Number: Olin Reference PS153 H56 G74 2008+Publication Date: Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 2008. 3 vols."...more than 700 alphabetically arranged entries on individual Latino/a writers, genres, ethnic and national literatures, movements, historical topics and events, themes, concepts, associations and organizations, and publishers and magazines. Special attention is given to the cultural, political, social, and historical contexts in which Latino literature has developed. Entries cite works for further reading, and the encyclopedia closes with a selected, general bibliography." (publisher)
Handbook of Hispanic Cultures in the United States by Call Number: Print copy: Olin stacks E184.S75 H23 +Publication Date: Arte Publico Press, 1994Contains comprehensive studies on U.S. Hispanic culture in the following disciplines: Literature, History, Sociology, and Anthropology.Hispanic Literature of the United States: a Comprehensive Reference. by
Call Number: Olin Reference PS153 H56 K36 2003+Publication Date: Greenwood Press, 2003Provides a detailed historical overview of Hispanic literature in the United States from the Spanish colonial period to the present, as well as biographical profiles for more than 100 authors. Separate chapters discuss significant movements and themes, Hispanic drama, and publishing trends. Bibliography. Indexed.Latino and Latina Writers.
Call Number: Uris Reference PS153.H56 L39 2004 (Willis Room)Publication Date: Charles Scribner’s Sons, c2004. 2 vols."...provides in-depth biographical and critical essays on more than 50 Latino/Latina writers. Seven thematic essays consider each writer's works in relation to music, language, feminism and other key topics. Covering well-known writers, such as Sandra Cisneros and Luis J. Rodriguez, as well as lesser known but still significant authors, such as Tino Villanueva and Achy Obegas, this set gives researchers detailed coverage of the vibrant works of literature written by Cuban, Dominican, Chicano and Puerto Rican authors." [publisher]
Masterpieces of Latino Literature by Call Number: Library Annex PQ7081.A1 M41 1994Publication Date: 1994"...features critical summaries and descriptions of the greatest works of literature by Latino authors. All the important facts and dates of authorship, along with analyses of characters, settings, themes, and plots are included for works in every genre, including: autobiographies, novels, poetry, plays, essays, and short stories."
Oxford Encyclopedia of Latina and Latino LiteraturePublication Date: Oxford UP, 2020From Chicana/o identity to Caribbean and Central American diasporic literature, from key figures in Latina/o letters to bilingual texts and graphic novels, this encyclopedia explores a variety of issues that are central to the 21st century's American experience, such as feminism, LGBTQA groups, indigeneity, environmental justice, social movements, migration, and US-Mexico borderlands.
Routledge Companion to Latino/a LiteratureCall Number: Print copy: Olin Reference PS153.H56 R68 2013 +Publication Date: Routledge, 2012Presents over forty essays by leading and emerging international scholars of Latino/a literature.
- Gale LiteratureContains the full contents of the three Chicano Writers volumes in the Dictionary of Literary Biography (v82, v122, v209). Print copies are housed by volume number in Uris Library (Willis Room) under the call number Uris Reference PS129 .D55 v.377 +.
Primary Sources
Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama and Fiction.
Contains approximately 48 plays and 13,000 pages of prose and poetry by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican and other Latin writers working in the United States. When complete this database will include 100,000 pages of fiction and poetry and 450 plays. The vast majority of the materials are from the Chicano Renaissance to the present. About 30% of the database is previously unpublished or rare materials.