Allende, Isabel. Paula. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.
Arana, Marie. American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood, New York: The Dial Press, Random House, Inc, 2001.
Bianciotti, Hector. What the Night Tells the Day. New York: The New Press, 1995.
Golden, Marita. Migrations of the Heart. New York: Anchor Books, Random House, Inc., 1983.
Grealy, Lucy. In the Mind’s Eye: Autobiography of a Face. New York: Perennial, HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.
Hong Kingston, Maxine. Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts. New York: Vintage Books, Random House, Inc., 1976.
Lorde, Audre. Zami, A New Spelling of My Name. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press,
1994.
Moraga, Cherríe. Waiting in the Wings: A Portrait of a Queer Motherhood. New York: Firebrand Books, 1997.
Patchett, Ann. Truth and Beauty. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2004.
Santiago, Esmeralda. The Turkish Lover. New York: De Capo Press, Perseus Books Group, 2004.
Soyinka, Wole. Aké. New York: Vintage International, Vintage Books, 1989.
Williams, Terry Tempest. Leap. New York: Pantheon Books, Random House, Inc., 2000.
Williams, Terry Tempest. Refuge. New York: Vintage Books, Random House, Inc., 2001.
Essays (2)
Baldwin, James. Nobody Knows my Name. New York: Vintage Books, Random House, Inc., 1961.
Lorde, Audre. Sister Outsider. Berkeley, CA: The Crossing Press, Ten Speed Press, 1984.
Writing and Literary Criticism (2)
Vivian Gornick. The Situation and the Story, The Art of Personal Narrative. New York:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.
Vargas Llosa, Mario. Letters to a Young Novelist (Literary Criticism)
Teaching Practicum
Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: The Continuum Publishing Company, 1998.
Gay, Geneva. Culturally Responsive Teaching. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000.
English/Language Arts Instructional Guide, High School Grades 9-10, Instructional Support Services Publication No. SC-1011. Los Angeles Unified School District, 2004
Fiction
Novels (16)
Allison, Dorothy. Bastard Out of Carolina. New York: Plume, Penguin Books USA Inc., 1992.
Danticat, Edwidge. The Farming of Bones. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc., 1998.
Kincaid, Jamaica. The Autobiography of My Mother. New York: Plume, Penguin Books USA Inc. 1996.
King, Thomas. Green Grass, Running Water. New York: Bantam Books, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1993.
Lee, Chang-Rae. A Gesture Life. New York: Riverhead Books, Penguin Putnam Inc., 1999.
Marmo Silko, Leslie. Ceremony. New York: Penguin Group, Inc., 1977.
Maxwell, William. So Long, See You Tomorrow. New York: Vintage International, Random House, Inc, 1980.
Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. New York: HarperPerennial, HarperCollins Publishers, 1997.
lê thi diem thúy. The Gangster We Are All Looking For. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
Random House, Inc., 2003.
Rizzuto, Rahna Reiko. Why She Left Us. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Autobiography of a Family Photo. New York: Dutton/Penguin Publishers, 1995.
Latin American Literature
Rodriguez Monegal, Emir, ed. The Borzoi Anthology of Latin American Literature: The Twentieth Century - from Borges and Paz to Guimaraes Rosa and Donoso. Volume II. New York: Knopf, 1993.
Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia Sisters Lost their Accents.
Borges, Jorge Luis. The Aleph.
Cortázar, Julio. Continuity of Parks & The Night Face Up.
de la Cruz, Sor Juana Inés. Selected Poems.
Donoso, José. This Sunday.
García Márquez, Gabriel. One Day After Sunday.
Guimarães Rosa, João. The Third Bank of the River.
Paz, Octavio. Blanco.
Piñon, Nélida. Chapter excerpt: House of Passion/A Casa da Paixão.
Valenzuela, Luisa. Excerpts: The Censors.
Ferré, Rosario. Eccentric Neighborhoods. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998.
Galeano, Eduardo. Memory of Fire I. Genesis (Part One of a Trilogy). New York: Pantheon Books, Random House, Inc., 1985.
García Márquez, Gabriel. One Hundred Years of Solitude. New York: Perennial Classics, HarperCollins Publishers, 1970.
Short Stories (5)
Alexie, Sherman. The Toughest Indian in the World. New York: Grove Press, 2000.
Baldwin, James. Going to Meet the Man. New York: Vintage International, Vintage Books, A division of Random House, Inc, 1995.
Bharati Mukherjee. The Middleman and Other Stories. New York: Fawcett Crest, Ballantine Books, 1988.
Chavez, Denise. The Last of the Menu Girls. Houston, TX: Arte Público Press, 1986.
Santiago Baca, Jimmy. The Importance of a Piece of Paper. New York: Grove Press, 2004.
Poetry (7)
Allison, Dorothy. The Women Who Hate Me. New York: Firebrand Books, 1991.
Please share the reading list you developed while pursuing your MFA, thank you.
Thank you for asking. I looked through it and remembered how amazing it was!
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Thank you for this; its rich and it includes a generous list of titles and authors!
General Bibliography
Non-fiction
Memoir (13)
Allende, Isabel. Paula. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.
Arana, Marie. American Chica: Two Worlds, One Childhood, New York: The Dial Press, Random House, Inc, 2001.
Bianciotti, Hector. What the Night Tells the Day. New York: The New Press, 1995.
Golden, Marita. Migrations of the Heart. New York: Anchor Books, Random House, Inc., 1983.
Grealy, Lucy. In the Mind’s Eye: Autobiography of a Face. New York: Perennial, HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.
Hong Kingston, Maxine. Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts. New York: Vintage Books, Random House, Inc., 1976.
Lorde, Audre. Zami, A New Spelling of My Name. Freedom, CA: The Crossing Press,
1994.
Moraga, Cherríe. Waiting in the Wings: A Portrait of a Queer Motherhood. New York: Firebrand Books, 1997.
Patchett, Ann. Truth and Beauty. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, Inc., 2004.
Santiago, Esmeralda. The Turkish Lover. New York: De Capo Press, Perseus Books Group, 2004.
Soyinka, Wole. Aké. New York: Vintage International, Vintage Books, 1989.
Williams, Terry Tempest. Leap. New York: Pantheon Books, Random House, Inc., 2000.
Williams, Terry Tempest. Refuge. New York: Vintage Books, Random House, Inc., 2001.
Essays (2)
Baldwin, James. Nobody Knows my Name. New York: Vintage Books, Random House, Inc., 1961.
Lorde, Audre. Sister Outsider. Berkeley, CA: The Crossing Press, Ten Speed Press, 1984.
Writing and Literary Criticism (2)
Vivian Gornick. The Situation and the Story, The Art of Personal Narrative. New York:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001.
Vargas Llosa, Mario. Letters to a Young Novelist (Literary Criticism)
Teaching Practicum
Freire, Paulo. Pedagogy of the Oppressed. New York: The Continuum Publishing Company, 1998.
Gay, Geneva. Culturally Responsive Teaching. New York: Teachers College Press, 2000.
English/Language Arts Instructional Guide, High School Grades 9-10, Instructional Support Services Publication No. SC-1011. Los Angeles Unified School District, 2004
Fiction
Novels (16)
Allison, Dorothy. Bastard Out of Carolina. New York: Plume, Penguin Books USA Inc., 1992.
Danticat, Edwidge. The Farming of Bones. New York: Penguin Putnam Inc., 1998.
Kincaid, Jamaica. The Autobiography of My Mother. New York: Plume, Penguin Books USA Inc. 1996.
King, Thomas. Green Grass, Running Water. New York: Bantam Books, Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group, 1993.
Lee, Chang-Rae. A Gesture Life. New York: Riverhead Books, Penguin Putnam Inc., 1999.
_____________. Native Speaker. New York: Riverhead Books, Penguin Putnam Inc., 1995.
Marmo Silko, Leslie. Ceremony. New York: Penguin Group, Inc., 1977.
Maxwell, William. So Long, See You Tomorrow. New York: Vintage International, Random House, Inc, 1980.
Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. New York: HarperPerennial, HarperCollins Publishers, 1997.
lê thi diem thúy. The Gangster We Are All Looking For. New York: Alfred A. Knopf,
Random House, Inc., 2003.
Rizzuto, Rahna Reiko. Why She Left Us. New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 1999.
Woodson, Jacqueline. Autobiography of a Family Photo. New York: Dutton/Penguin Publishers, 1995.
Latin American Literature
Rodriguez Monegal, Emir, ed. The Borzoi Anthology of Latin American Literature: The Twentieth Century - from Borges and Paz to Guimaraes Rosa and Donoso. Volume II. New York: Knopf, 1993.
Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia Sisters Lost their Accents.
Borges, Jorge Luis. The Aleph.
Cortázar, Julio. Continuity of Parks & The Night Face Up.
de la Cruz, Sor Juana Inés. Selected Poems.
Donoso, José. This Sunday.
García Márquez, Gabriel. One Day After Sunday.
Guimarães Rosa, João. The Third Bank of the River.
Paz, Octavio. Blanco.
Piñon, Nélida. Chapter excerpt: House of Passion/A Casa da Paixão.
Valenzuela, Luisa. Excerpts: The Censors.
Ferré, Rosario. Eccentric Neighborhoods. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 1998.
Galeano, Eduardo. Memory of Fire I. Genesis (Part One of a Trilogy). New York: Pantheon Books, Random House, Inc., 1985.
García Márquez, Gabriel. One Hundred Years of Solitude. New York: Perennial Classics, HarperCollins Publishers, 1970.
Short Stories (5)
Alexie, Sherman. The Toughest Indian in the World. New York: Grove Press, 2000.
Baldwin, James. Going to Meet the Man. New York: Vintage International, Vintage Books, A division of Random House, Inc, 1995.
Bharati Mukherjee. The Middleman and Other Stories. New York: Fawcett Crest, Ballantine Books, 1988.
Chavez, Denise. The Last of the Menu Girls. Houston, TX: Arte Público Press, 1986.
Santiago Baca, Jimmy. The Importance of a Piece of Paper. New York: Grove Press, 2004.
Poetry (7)
Allison, Dorothy. The Women Who Hate Me. New York: Firebrand Books, 1991.
Cisneros, Sandra. Loose Woman. Vintage Contemporaries, New York: Vintage Books, 1995.
Harjo, Joy. How We Became Human. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., 2002.
Neruda, Pablo. Canto General. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 1991.
Ondaatje, Michael. The Cinnamon Peeler. New York: Vintage International, Vintage Books, 1997.
Santiago Baca, Jimmy. Black Mesa Poems. New York, New Directions, 1989.
Whitman Walt. Leaves of Grass. New York: The Modern Library, Inc., 1940.
Plays (3)
Parks, Suzan-Lori. Topdog/Underdog. New York: Theatre Communications Group, Inc., 2002.
Shange, Ntozake. for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. New York: Scribner Poetry, Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1977.
Wilson, August. Fences. New York: Penguin Books USA Inc., 1986.