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ALOUD: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets' Cafe.
Edition: Later printing, a large trade paperback.
New York: Henry Holt, (1994.). Anthology containing the works of over 100 modern American poets, including Martin Espada, Paul Beatty, Sapphire, Ntozake Shange, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Luis Rodriguez, Eileen Myles, Wanda Coleman, Thulani Davis, Victor Hernadez Cruz, Patricia Spears Jones, David Henderson, Sandra Maria Esteves, Patricia Smith, Luis J. Rodriguez and many others. The selected works were all first performed at New York City's Nuyorkian Poets' Cafe --- founded by poets Miguel Algarin, Miguel Pinero, and others. 1994 American Book Award Winner. Notes on the poets, 514 pp. ISBN: 0-8050-32576.
Condition: Very near fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 87155More details Price: $18.00 -
THE LATIN DELI: Prose and Poetry.
Edition: First printing.
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - A collection of poetry, personal essays, and short fiction in which "the dominant subject - the lives of Puerto Ricans in a New Jersey barrio - is drawn from the author's own childhood." Winner of the Annisfield-Wolf Book Award. 170 pp. ISBN: 0-820315567.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87236More details Price: $25.00 -
A LOVE STORY BEGINNING IN SPANISH: Poems.
Edition: First printing, a trade paperback original.
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, (2005). First edition - A collection of poems and prose poems by this award-winning Puerto Rican born author which together form an informal memoir. (xii) 67 pp. ISBN: 0-820327425.
Condition: Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
Book ID: 89665More details Price: $19.50 -
SPIDERTOWN.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Hyperion, (1993) dj. Hardcover first edition - First novel (second book) by this highly praised Bronx-born Puerto Rican author, the story of young kids in the Bronx caught up in the reckless but high-flying drug world as "runners." 323 pp. ISBN: 1-562828452.
Condition: Near fine in near fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 87234More details Price: $18.50 -
ALMOST A WOMAN.
Edition: Trade paperback.
New York: Vintage Books, (1999.). Highly praised Puerto Rican's writer tells the story of her emergence from the barrios of Brooklyn to the theaters of Manhattan. 311 pp. ISBN: 0-375-70521X.
Condition: Fine.
Book ID: 56763More details Price: $10.00 -
THE TURKISH LOVER.
Edition: First printing.
New York: Da Capo Press, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - The third in the series of memoirs by this Puerto Rican author, each of which recounts another step on her journey to independence. SIGNED on the title page. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-738208205.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 67061More details Price: $30.00 -
THE TURKISH LOVER.
Edition: 2nd printing.
New York: Da Capo Press, (2004) dj. SIGNED hardcover - The third in the series of memoirs by this Puerto Rican author, each of which recounts another step on her journey to independence. SIGNED on the title page. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-738208205.
Condition: Fine in fine dust jacket.
Book ID: 83094More details Price: $21.50 -
NO MATTER HOW YOU PROMISE TO COOK OR PAY THE RENT YOU BLEW IT CAUZE BILL BAILEY AIN'T NEVER COMING HOME AGAIN.
Edition: Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. )
New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, (2003.). SIGNED first edition - A massive sprawling novel - described on the cover as a 'symphonic novel' - covering 150 years of family history, by this Puerto Rican born, Brooklyn author. Vidamia Farrell, half Puerto Rican, half Irish, sets out in search of the father she never knew - once a gifted jazz pianist, he lost 2 fingers in Vietnam, and shut himself off from music, and is now living in Manhattan's East Village with his second family. A story about learning about yourself and about the complexities of roots - described as 'masterfully crafted and complex' by Ntozake Shange, and 'big, brave, boisterous and brawling' by Colum McCann, this is a great read. 640 pp.
Condition: SIGNED by the author on the title page. Fine in illustrated covers.
Book ID: 28587More details Price: $35.00 -
MURDER AT LA MARIMBA: A South Bronx Mystery.
Edition: First printing.
New York: St Martin's, (1984.) dj. Hardcover first edition - Author's first book (Carson Wolfe is a pseudonym for a NYC criminal lawyer). Combines courtroom drama with a witty Puerto Rican detecting couple - Maria and Carolito are the Nick and Nora Charles of the South Bronx. 156 pp. ISBN: 0-312-552858.
Condition: Fine in very good dust jacket (minor edgewear to dj.)
Book ID: 53839More details Price: $17.50
