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Immigration Blues

“Immigration Blues,” the 1977 short story by Bienvenido Santos, is set in San Francisco in the home of Alipio Palma, a Filipino-American widower, and concerns a visit by two women, Mrs. Antonieta Zafra and her sister Monica.

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Reed, Ishmael. (ed.). The Before Columbus Foundation Fiction Anthology. 1992.

                                  Call Number: PS648.S5 B44 1992

LINCCWeb Online Catalog – Search Terms

• Santos, Bienvenido

Reference Materials

• Contemporary Literary Criticism –  Call Number: REF PN771 .C59

o   Vol. 22, pg. 365

• Masterplots II: Short Story Series (Revised Edition) –  Call Number: REF PN3326 .M27 2004

o   Vol. 4, pg. 1952-54

• Short Stories for Students. – Call Number: REF PN3330. S386

o        Vol. 19, pg. 82-103

• Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism –  Call Number: REF PN771 .C59

o   Vol. 156, pg. 326

Research Databases

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• Literature Resources from Gale

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Last Revised on November 21, 2021