Monday, 20 April 2026

BFW Complete Collection of Published Works

 


 

Boricua Freedom Writer Norma Iris Lafé

Complete Collection of Dissident Writings

Boricua Freedom Writer, Puerto Rico

Literary Anthologies and blogs

“Puerto Rico EXODUS: Why I’m Sticking it Out” (first published 2014)

Part 1:  My DiaspoRican Story”

Part 2: “Return to Barrio Mosquito, Guayama, the year 1999”

Part 3: “Unmasking the Colony”

Somos en escrito Press, “Our Creative Realidades: A Non-Fiction Anthology” (2024)

“Puerto Rican Power” Border-Lines Journal, Latino Research Center Univ. of Nevada, Reno (2015)

“Adam’s Rib:  Island Taboo Unveiled”

Mujeres (Latinx) Talk, Univ of Ohio (2014)

(reprinted in anthology “Gender, Sexuality, and Violence: A Latinx Talk Mini-Reader” (Aug. 2022)

“Rebeldes Anthology: BOLDER” Latino Rebels Amazon eBook (2016)

“Writer’s Well Retreat Day 1:  As God is My Witness, I Will Never Be Silent Again” (2012)

“Writer’s Well Retreat Day 2: The Woman in the Mirror” (2013)

VIDA Women in Literary Arts/Her Kind

“Review: A book about Puerto Rico’s shady role in human trafficking rings more fact than fiction”

Latina Lista News from the Latinx Perspective (2015)

Boricua Freedom Writer Blogs

“My Mourning with Maya: An Afro-Boricua Writer’s Homage to Maya Angelou—One Year Later” (2015)

“Give Us Our Mandela Moment:  Free Oscar Now!

So the World Can Witness Invictus in the Power of One” (2016)

“DiaspoRican Manifesto: The ‘Real’ Story Behind the Curtain of My Colonial Life”

My 12 Dissident Writers’ Guiding Principles Post-Maria” (2018)

“On Saving Disaster Island: 'Isla Bendita'—The Backdrop”

“Hurricane Maria’s ‘Howling’ Winds of Change—'D-day'”

Latino & Writers’ Community Blogs

“Dreaming of the Despicable One: The Shock Doctrine Exposed” (2018) Latino Rebels

“Never Forget Trump’s Outright Contempt for Puerto Ricans” (2018) Latino Rebels

“Stop this Mini-Trumpworld, I Wanna Get Off! On the Vindication of Carmen Yulín Cruz: The People’s Candidate 2020” National Institute for Latino Policy (2019)

(Flashback) “Puerto Rico’s Summer of ’19 Island Revolution: Remembered” (2021), Medium platform

LA/Hollywood Progressive blog

The Gaslighting of Puerto Rico’s Colonized Subjects” multi-part series (2022)

Part 1: “Talking Politics: Prohibido Olvidar” Never Forget

Part 2: “Welcome to Our Mini-Trumpworld (Enter at your own risk)”

Part 3: “Puerto Rico’s Spanish Newstalk AM Radio Wars”

Part 4: “La Comandanta Yulín’ The People’s Candidate 2020”

Part 5: “The House of Cards that Wanda Built: Puerto Rico’s Bungled Elections 2020”

Part 6: “La Cleptocracia” is a Family Affair in Puerto Rico!”

 

 


Thursday, 12 February 2026

Back to Borinquen Movement Survey

 

Author’s Message: It’s been my experience that my Returnee-Rican Chronicles will evoke nostalgia for the homeland from displaced Diasporans. Having this in mind, I hope to facilitate your challenging quest to return. We need all the help we can get from our fellow Compatriotas to ensure a prosperous future for our beloved Isla del Encanto. “Suerte y muchas bendiciones”—Norma

Back to Borinquen Movement Survey

I invite you to stay abreast of our “Back to Borinquen Movement” for island returnees by completing the following needs assessment questionnaire. [Note: There are no word or page limits to your responses. This table will expand accordingly.]

Names (paternal and maternal)

Current address

What has been your biggest obstacle to realizing your dreams of returning to La Patria?

Your family’s Hometown, your last visit to Puerto Rico. Any regional preferences?

 

Have you any contacts within your family’s local municipality?

 

Your current & past occupations. Any island work or volunteer history?

 

Family Composition, Children, and Ages. Elderly and disabled members. Any special needs for health care?

 

Have you an island support system? Family members, friends, colleagues, etc.

 

Do you belong to any island civic, religious, or political associations who can help facilitate your relocation.?

 

Do you subscribe to any news sources or informational bulletins from the island where you can  place a personal ad?

 

General Comments and/or questions.

 

Signature

 

Date

Thank you for participating in this survey.  Please return to:

Norma Iris Lafé

boricuafreedomwriterPR@gmail.com

I hope you were enlightened as to the current state of island affairs as per my latest memoir/essay

 "Returnee-Rican Open Letter from Crisis Puerto Rico"