Mayra Santos-Febres
Bio: Mayra Santos-Febres was born in Puerto Rico. In 1991 she received her
doctorate in literature from Cornell University, where she has since
taught as a visiting professor. She has also been a guest lecturer at
Harvard, as well as at numerous other American and European
universities, and is currently Associate professor of Literature at the
University of Puerto Rico. She has published two books of poetry to wide
acclaim, and her short stories have won many prizes, including the 1994
Letras de Oro Prize from the University of Miami, and the 1997 Juan
Rulfo Prize, awarded by Radio Sarandi in Paris. In 1997 her two
collections of short fiction were translated into English under the
title Urban Oracles.
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Sirena Selena [Secure eReader (recommended)]
by Mayra Santos-Febres, Stephen Lytle
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One evening while drugged out of his mind and picking over garbage in the backstreets of San Juan, a fifteen-year-old homeless boy is singing boleros in a mesmerizing voice that transfixes anyone who listens. Hearing the silken melodies coming from the alley behind her nightclub, drag queen Martha Divine is convinced that the boy's uncanny beauty and irresistible voice will be her ticket to fame and fortune. And so is born the legendary performer known as Sirena Selena. (Published: 2000)
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Our Lady of the Night [Secure Mobipocket/eReader (recommended)]
by Mayra Santos-Febres
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The epic story of the complex, sensual, tragic, and remarkable life of a legendary Puerto Rican madam Born into poverty and then abandoned by her mother, Isabel "La Negra" Luberza blossoms into a supremely sensual young woman. Obsessed with attaining aristocratic status?armed with incredible physical presence, indomitable ambition, and keen intelligence--she meets Fernando Fornarís, the man who will forever change her life. With a parcel of land given to her by her rich, white married lover, Isa... more info>>
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