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Books By Puerto Rican Poet/Writer, Alberto
O. Cappas
The Pledge /
Doña
Julia and Other Selected Poems /
Never Too Late to Make a U-Turn
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Lessons for Myself
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Alberto O. Cappas, a published
poet and writer, was born in Puerto Rico, raised in New
York City where he attended public schools, graduating
from Brandeis High School and Harlem Prep School. he
graduated from the State University of New York at
Buffalo, and lived in the city of Buffalo for over 20
years before moving back to the Big Apple in 1987, where
he now resides with his wife, Mayra Vega Cappas, in the
East Village.
He is the author of
Doña
Julia and Other Selected Poems (2008);
Never Too Late to Make a U-Turn
(2009),
Lessons for Myself (2008); and "The Pledge: A Guide for
Everyday Living" (2001) |
The educational pledge is designed for
students enrolled inner-city public school system. both the
English and Spanish versions, have been widely published in the
United States and widely used by the ducational community
including community-based organizations and educational
institutions.
Albert's poetry has been included in numerous
anthologies and publications throughout the United States,
Canada, Republic of China, and India.
Alberto is the Director of Community Affairs
for the New York City Human Resources Administration; publisher
founder of The New Tomorrow (TNT), a monthly publication for
African American and Latino students; founder of Don Pedro
Cookies; and, founder of Nubian Speakers
nubianvoiceshf@yahoo.com/
[212-862-4822], a speaker's bureau marketing African American &
Latino professionals, including poets and writers. Cappas
Bio
Available for speaking engagements—Cappas@aol.com
or Tel. 212-862-4822 and/or 718-916-8251
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Blacks in Hispanic Literature: Critical Essays
Edited by
Miriam DeCosta-Willis
Blacks in Hispanic Literature is a
collection of fourteen essays by scholars and
creative writers from Africa and the Americas.
Called one of two significant critical works on
Afro-Hispanic literature to appear in the late
1970s, it includes the pioneering studies of
Carter G. Woodson and
Valaurez B. Spratlin, published in the 1930s, as
well as the essays of scholars whose interpretations
were shaped by the Black aesthetic. The early
essays, primarily of the Black-as-subject in Spanish
medieval and Golden Age literature, provide an
historical context for understanding 20th-century
creative works by African-descended, Hispanophone
writers, such as Cuban
Nicolás Guillén and Ecuadorean poet, novelist,
and scholar
Adalberto Ortiz, whose essay analyzes the
significance of Negritude in Latin America. This
collaborative text set the tone for later
conferences in which writers and scholars worked
together to promote, disseminate, and critique the
literature of Spanish-speaking people of African
descent. . . .
Cited by a
literary critic in 2004 as "the seminal study in the
field of Afro-Hispanic Literature . . . on which
most scholars in the field 'cut their teeth'."
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Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in
America
By Melissa V.
Harris-Perry
According to the
author, this society has historically exerted
considerable pressure on black females to fit into one
of a handful of stereotypes, primarily, the Mammy, the
Matriarch or the Jezebel. The selfless
Mammy’s behavior is marked by a slavish devotion to
white folks’ domestic concerns, often at the expense of
those of her own family’s needs. By contrast, the
relatively-hedonistic Jezebel is a sexually-insatiable
temptress. And the Matriarch is generally thought of as
an emasculating figure who denigrates black men, ala the
characters Sapphire and Aunt Esther on the television
shows Amos and Andy and Sanford and Son, respectively.
Professor Perry
points out how the propagation of these harmful myths
have served the mainstream culture well. For instance,
the Mammy suggests that it is almost second nature for
black females to feel a maternal instinct towards
Caucasian babies.
As for the source
of the Jezebel, black women had no control over their
own bodies during slavery given that they were being
auctioned off and bred to maximize profits. Nonetheless,
it was in the interest of plantation owners to propagate
the lie that sisters were sluts inclined to mate
indiscriminately.
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