Diasporic Journeys:

Interviews with Puerto Rican Writers in the United States

EDITED BY:

Carmen Haydée Rivera

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Acknowledgements

III

Introduction

7

Interviews:

21

Giannina Braschi

23

Rodney Morales

37

Luisita López Torregrosa

53

Lawrence (Larry) La Fountain-Stokes

69

Javier Ávila

89

José Luis Torres-Padilla

103

Aya de León

121

María Teresa “Mariposa” Fernández

135

Caridad “La Bruja” de la Luz

157

Migdalia Cruz

179

Lin-Manuel Miranda

191

Quiara Alegría Hudes

205

Raquel Salas Rivera

217

Additional Information on Authors

235

Editor’sBiography

243

Index

244