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Mayra Santos-Febres

Born

in Carolina, Puerto Rico

January 01, 1966

Genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction

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Mayra Santos-Febres is a Puerto Rican author, poet, novelist, professor of literature, essayist, and literary critic and author of children's books. Her work focuses on themes of diaspora identity, female sexuality, the erotic, gender fluidity, desire, and power. ...more

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Su majestad, el título

—Mis títulos aparecen en los sueños —dice la escritora puertorriqueña Mayra Santos-Febres—. Luego lo voy puliendo. Cuando ya el texto está completo, me doy unas semanas para leerlo y meditar acerca del título. Luego le doy el manuscrito a cuatro o cinco lectores, junto a varias opciones de títulos. Escojo el más adecuado… y la editorial me lo cambia al final. Artículo completo aquí: http://cultura Read more of this blog post »

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Mayra Santos-Febres’s books

Average rating: 3.86 · 2,478 ratings · 288 reviews · 45 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sirena Selena by Mayra Santos-Febres, Stephen A. Lytle (Translator) 3.87 avg rating — 790 ratings — published 2000 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fe en disfraz 3.68 avg rating — 262 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Our Lady of the Night 3.64 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Any Wednesday I'm Yours 3.57 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La amante de Gardel 3.98 avg rating — 159 ratings — published 2015 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Antes que llegue la luz 4.25 avg rating — 142 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	San Juan Noir by Mayra Santos-Febres (Editor), Janette Becerra (Contributor), Manolo Núñez Negrón (Contributor) 3.77 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boat People 4.38 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pez de vidrio 4.19 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	El baile de mi vida 3.71 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“You laugh as you sing about dying, you drug yourself up, but you can still see clearly, and you die as you break into a fit of laughter, because asi es la vida in this soup of islands stewed in hunger and the desire to be someone else.”
― Mayra Santos-Febres, Sirena Selena

tags: death, drugs, laughter

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“There are many ways to rule, many things required to be un hombre or to be una mujere, for each person can decide for himself. Sometimes you can even be both. Without having to choose one or the other”
― Mayra Santos-Febres, Sirena Selena

tags: power, rule

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“El saber fue, por mucho tiempo, nuestra mayor y más compartida pasión.”
― Mayra Santos-Febres, Fe en disfraz

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