Reader's Guide Sun Moon Stars Junot Diaz
Reader's Guide Sun Moon Stars Junot Diaz
Reader's Guide Sun Moon Stars Junot Diaz
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Crossroads
http://www.cross- 1 roadstheatrecompany.org
5 http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/cab rn
Cabronas
Jams
Never
Bartleby
Character from Herman Melvilles story The Scrivener who routinely says: I would prefer not to
Brugal
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Balaguer
Joaquin Balaguer, Trujillo confidante, President of the D.R.: 1960-62; 66-78; 86-96
Boca Pucamaima
Mouth Pontificia Universidad Catlica Madre y Maestra: first private Roman Catholic University http://en.wikipediin D.R.
La Romana
Term Quisqueya
Description Original Taino name for the island of Hispaniola, now refers to D.R.
Source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispaniola
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Trappists
http://en.wikipedi- 13 a.org/wiki/Trappists
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http://www.proz.- 14 com/kudoz/spanish_to_english/other/18230-tutumpotes.html http://en.wikipedi- 14 a.org/wiki/Aunt_Je mima http://en.wikipedi- 14 a.org/wiki/Michel_F oucault http://www.sandy- 15 hook.com http://en.wikipedi- 16 a.org/wiki/Quadroo n
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Aunt Jemima
Slang term referring to friendly black women perceived as overly obsequious to whites
Foucaults
Michel Foucault was a French philosopher, social theorist, historian of ideas, and literary critic
Sandy Hook
Octoroon
Refers to people of mixed-race, generally of African and Caucasian ancestry, who are 1/8th black
Term Bwana
Source
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/bwa na
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Triguea
Dyckman Chupabarrio
Dyckman Street is located in Washington Heights, a section of northern Manhattan densely populated by Latino immigrants Neighborhood sucker
Jeva Barclo
Moreno
Dark-skinned man
Term Chacabana
Source
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guayabe ra
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Liborio Bauxite
Tanos
The pre-Columbian inhabitants of the Bahamas, Lesser Antilles, and Greater Antilles