horas del Sur (The Hours of the South). In 1993, García Ramis published La ciudad que me habita (The City that Inhabits Me), a collection of journalistic essays that she wrote over the years, while she worked for El Mundo, El Imparcial, Avance, Claridad and La Hora. Strongly linked to her homeland, her short stories (which she prefers were novels) are about family relations, Puerto Rican identity and the female condition, and has to be linked to other leading authors of the 70s generation, such as Rosario Ferré and Olga Nolla. In 2009 she entered the Puerto Rican Academy of the Spanish Language. She currently works in literary and historical projects and studies doctoral studies in history at the Center for Advanced Studies of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. Themes and influences García Ramis's stories are depictions of Puerto Rican culture, family and politics. She writes about interactions within a family, Puerto Rican identity and women's identity. In her best known work of fiction, Happy Days, Uncle Sergio, she explores the relationship between a young Puerto Rican tomboy and her uncle, who is rumored to be a homosexual. Literary works Novels Felices días, tío Sergio Las horas del sur Essays La ciudad que me habita La R de mi padre y otras letras familiares Los cerebros que se van y el corazón que se queda Hostos, bróder, esto está difícil El Chango como pájaro nacional Short Stories La familia de todos nosotros Las noches del riel de oro Una semana de siete días En la cabaña del tiempo escondido See also List of Puerto Rican writers List of Puerto Ricans Puerto Rican literature References External links Interview with Magali García Ramis 1946 births Puerto Rican novelists People from Santurce, Puerto Rico American short story writers Living people Puerto Rican women writers Date of birth missing (living people)