WORLD LANGUAGES
SHORT NARRATIVE, POEM OR SPOKEN WORD
Roberto Lugo often speaks about his Puerto Rican heritage and Philadelphia upbringing — a crossroads of English, Spanish, Spanglish, and hip-hop vernacular.
Write a bilingual (OTHER LANGUAGE + English) creative piece — poem, spoken word, short narrative — in which the shift in language communicates identity.
The structure should mimic Lugo’s layering:
OTHER LANGUAGE for memory
English for present
Combined in moments of transition
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By Jordana Moore Saggese (2014)
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