Puerto Ricans are the next largest contributors to the canon of Hispanic American literature with works such as Judith Ortiz Cofer's The Line of the Sun (1989), Piri Thomas' Down These Mean Streets (1967), Ed Vega's Casualty Report (1991), and the poetry of Victor Hernandez Cruz, Miguel Algarin and Sandra Maria Estevez.
Their literary motivation, for the most part, is rooted in the reality of exile.
The San Francisco Chronicle called it "evocative and lush...a rich and haunting narrative." Her second, The Aguero Sisters (1997), glimpses two middle-aged siblings -- one an electrician in Havana, the other a salesperson in New York City.
The third, long awaited, novel by FranciscoGoldman, author of The Long Night of White Chickens
Edited by Julio A. Martinez and Francisco A. Lomeli and released in 1985, This is a valuable reference guide to Chicano writers up until the early 80's.
A good starting point of the canonical writers, mostly male, but it will not include Cisneros, Véa, Viramontes, Saenz,Gilb or many other more recent writers now dominating the classes of Chicano literature.
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