Edward Rivera (1944-2001) was an American writer, educator and editor with Puerto-Rican roots (Nuyorican). Born in Puerto Rico, from age 7[1] Rivera grew up in New York.[2] He was a mentor to writers Abraham Rodríguez and Ernesto Quiñonez.[1][3][4]
Career edit
Rivera's only major work, the novel Family Installments: Memories of Growing up Hispanic, reportedly took ten years to write.[2] Facing attempts at fetishization of the Nuyorican experience,[clarification needed] it took three years for Family Installments to be published.[2][5] The novel utilizes many stylistic tools, from flashbacks to a mix of oral and official histories.[6] Rivera famously looked to Mark Twain as an influence, and the novel indicates this, creating an intertextual conversation.[7] Though Rivera insisted that Family Installments was a novel, many critics found it to be heavily influenced by Rivera's life.[7]
References edit
- ^ a b González, Deena J. "Rivera, Edward". The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Edward Rivera, 62, Writer and Teacher". The New York Times. 2001-09-01. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ West-Durán, Alan (2005). "Dominican and Other Authors". Latino and Latina Writers. Archived from the original on 2011-05-21. Retrieved 2019-03-05.
- ^ West-Durán, Alan (2004). "Puerto Rican Authors". Latino and Latina Writers. Archived from the original on May 21, 2011. Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^ Perez, Richard (2017). "Failed Potential or the Potentiality of Failure: Art, Privation, and Decolonial Memory in Edward Rivera's Family Installments: Memories of Growing Up Hispanic". Review: Literature and Arts of the Americas. 50 (1): 20–26. doi:10.1080/08905762.2017.1341132. S2CID 149038305 – via TAN.
- ^ "Scholar Compass". Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ^ a b Nattermann, Udo (2001). "International Fiction vs. Ethnic Autobiography: Cultural Appropriation in Mark Twain and Edward Rivera". International Fiction Review. 28: 12–19 – via GALE.
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