Extra Credit

Students may read one of the following books and write a two-page analysis for up to ten extra credit points. Extra credit assignments are formal papers and must conform to the paper guidelines stated in the syllabus. Student who wish to write on a Latino/a film should choose from the Film List.

Alvarez, Julia. In the Time of the Butterflies.
   ——. ¡Yo!
   ——. In the Name of Salomé.

Anaya, Rudolfo. Heart of Aztlán.
   ——. Albuquerque.

Arias, Ron. The Road to Tamazunchale.

Barrio, Raymond. The Plum Plum Pickers.

Benítez, Sandra. Bitter Grounds.
   ----. The Weight of All Things.
   ----. The Place Where the Sea Remembers.

Castillo, Ana. The Mixquiahuala Letters.
   ——. Sapogonia.
   ——. So Far From God.

Chávez, Denise. The Last of the Menu Girls.
   ——. Face of an Angel.
   -----. Loving Pedro Infante.

Cisneros, Sandra. Woman Hollering Creek.
   ----. Caramelo.

Díaz, Junot. Drown.

Engle, Margarita. Singing to Cuba.

Ferre, Rosario. The House on the Lagoon.  

García, Cristina. Dreaming in Cuban.
   ——. The Agüero Sisters.
   ----. Monkey Hunting.

Hijuelos, Oscar. The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love.

Islas, Arturo. The Rain God.

Limón, Graciela. In Search of Bernabé.

Mohr, Nocholasa. Nilda.
   ——. El Bronx Remembered. 

Niggli, Josephina. Mexican Village.

Obejas, Achy. We Came All the Way from Cuba So You Could Dress Like This?
   ----. Memory Mambo.
   ----. Days of Awe

Ortiz, Cofer, Judith. The Line of the Sun.
   ——. Silent Dancing.
   ——. The Latin Deli.

Paredes, Américo. George Washington Gómez.

Rivera, Tomás. Y no se lo tragó la tierra (And the Earth did not Devour Him).

Santiago, Esmeralda. When I Was Puerto Rican.

Villanueva, Alma. Under the Ultraviolet Sky.
    ----. Weeping Woman and Other Stories.

Villareal, José Antonio. Pocho.

Villaseñor, Victor. Macho!
   ——. Rain of Gold.

Villegas de Magnon, Leonor. The Rebel.

Viramontes, Helena Maria. The Moths and Other Stories.
   ——. Under the Feet of Jesus.