What is Puerto Rican literature?
Puerto Rico has a vibrant literature. Puerto Rican poetry, novels, essays, and theater plays are mostly written in Spanish. However, Puerto Rican authors sometimes write in [[Spanglish (language)|a mixture of Spanish and English]] and in English. The most important authors are [[René Marqués]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Oxcart {{!}} work by Marqués|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Oxcart|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}}</ref> [[Julia de Burgos]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-17|title=Julia de Burgos|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/julia-de-burgos|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Poetry Foundation|language=en}}</ref> [[Rosario Ferrer]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Writers of the Caribbean - Rosario Ferre|url=http://core.ecu.edu/engl/deenas/caribbean/ferre.htm|access-date=2020-09-17|website=core.ecu.edu|archive-date=2013-07-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130719162639/http://core.ecu.edu/engl/deenas/caribbean/ferre.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Luis Rafael Sanchez]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Luis Rafael Sánchez|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/n50019368/luis-rafael-sanchez-puerto-rico-1936/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> [[Giannina Braschi]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Giannina Braschi: 2012 National Book Festival|url=https://www.loc.gov/item/webcast-5804/|access-date=2020-09-17|website=Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA}}</ref> [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]], and [[Esmeralda Santiago]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Esmerelda Santiago|url=http://www.umich.edu/~ac213/student_projects08/latlit/santiago.html|access-date=2020-09-17|website=www.umich.edu}}, and [[Lin-Manuel Miranda]].</ref> == Puerto Rican women writers == Puerto Rican women novelists have been successful internationally.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-07-27|title=Latina Reads: 12 Puerto Rican Writers Whose Books You Need To Add To Your Reading List|url=https://fierce.wearemitu.com/identities/latina-reads-12-puertorican-writers-whose-books-you-need-to-add-to-your-