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36th Annual Writers' Festival

Beatriz Rivera-Barnes ---- Selected Bibliography

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As part of the Spring 2007 Writers' Festival, there will be a public reading by the acclaimed fiction writer Beatriz Rivera-Barnes. Writing with an eye for quirky, offbeat detail and an ear attuned to the vernacular of the everyday, Rivera-Barnes seeks to shed light on such themes as geographic and emotional exile, domestic conflict, and community in her works. She also examines the lives, loves, and journeys of young, urban Cuban Americans in her heartbreakingly comic novels. Currently, she teaches at Penn State University Worthington Scranton in Dunmore, Pennsylvania.

In conjunction with the public reading, we have compiled a bibliography of selected resources by and about the writer

Books

Rivera, Beatriz. African passions and other stories, Houston, Tex.: Arte Público Press, 1995. SPA205

Rivera, Beatriz. Do not pass go, Houston, Tex.: Arte Publico Press, 2006. Available through Interlibrary Loan.

Rivera, Beatriz. Midnight sandwiches at the Mariposa Express: novel, Houston, Tex: Arte Público Press, 1997. PS3568.I8287 M53

Rivera, Beatriz. Playing with light: a novel, Houston, TX: Arte Público Press, c2000. PS3568.I8287 P58

Journal Articles and Book Reviews

Aldama, Frederick Luis . An Interview with Beatriz Rivera. MELUS, Summer2003, 28 (2)

Allender, Dale. The myth ritual theory and the teaching of multicultural literature. English Journal, 2002 May; 91 (5)

Anonymous. Do Not Pass Go. Publishers Weekly, New York: Jul 17, 2006. 253 (28)

Blodgett, Jan. Playing with Light. Library Journal, New York: Aug 2000. 125 (13)

Kempf, Andrea. Midnight Sandwiches at the Mariposa Express / Playing with Light. Library Journal. New York: Apr 1, 2002. 127 (6)

Leber, Michele. Playing with Light. The Booklist, Chicago: Sep 1, 2000. 97 (1)

Steinber, Sybil S. Playing with Light. Publishers Weekly, New York: Sep 4, 2000. 247 (36)

Websites

Beatriz Rivera-Barnes - Walk the Tightrope: Toward a History of Minor Literatures

Beatriz Rivera-Barnes - Stealing the Nation. Three Cuban Women Writers in the U.S.: Lourdes Casal, Dolores Prida, and Achy Obejas.