Arte Público Press, the largest publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by US Hispanic authors housed in the University of Houston College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, has received a $500,000 challenge grant from the National Endow
Puerto Rican literature database is being assembled by UH faculty
An open access digital Puerto Rican literature database is under development by UH faculty, thanks to a hefty grant. | Chris Charleston/ The Cougar
UH is receiving a nearly $1.35 million
grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to create a free, open-access digital portal for anyone to learn about or teach Puerto Rican literature.
Officially known as the “El proyecto de la literatura puertorriqueña” or “The Puerto Rican Literature Project,” it will include a database in Spanish and English of approximately 50,000 assets of photographs, manuscripts, poems, videos, and archival materials.