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Brooklyn Reader Thirty Writers Celebrate America's Favorite Borough

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ISBN-10: 0517883791

ISBN-13: 9780517883792

Edition: N/A

Authors: Andrea Wyatt, Alice Leccese Powers, Andrea Wyatt Sexton

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There is no other place quite like Brooklyn. Not only has it inspired and nurtured many native writers, it has had a profound impact on those passing through. The Brooklyn Reader features a rich diversity of writings -- short stories, poetry, essays, novels, biographies, and plays -- that offer thirty writers' unique and colorful experiences of New York City's biggest borough. Ranging from warm, nostalgic memories of childhood to humorous tales of new arrivals adjusting to the American way, or just stories of life's unplanned adventures, this reading tour is a true delight. Contributors include: Anatole Broyard Cristina Garcia Henry Miller Betty Smith Derek Walcott Truman Capote …    
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Book details

List price: $19.00
Publisher: The Crown Publishing Group
Publication date: 3/21/1995
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 304
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Acknowledgments
Introduction
From "Southeast of the Island: Travel Notes"
From Side Effects
"Sunday Dinner in Brooklyn"
"A House on the Heights"
From Unbought and Unbossed
"The Great Manta"
"To Brooklyn Bridge"
"A Painter on a Planet of Blind People"
"Love in Brooklyn"
From Dreaming in Cuban
From The Gift
From Do the Right Thing: Production Notes
From The Assistant
"The Making of a Writer: From the Poets in the Kitchen"
"Brooklyn Bridge"
"Brooklyn Is My Neighborhood"
From At Weddings and Wakes
"The Fourteenth Ward"
"The Camperdown Elm"
From The Harbor
From Under the Boardwalk
"Borough of Cemeteries"
From Brighton Beach Memoirs
"A Wedding in Brownsville"
From A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
From Sophie's Choice
From Keystone Kids
"A Letter from Brooklyn"
"Crossing Brooklyn Ferry"
"Only the Dead Know Brooklyn"
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