The Brooklyn Reader: Thirty Writers Celebrate America's Favorite Borough
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The Brooklyn Reader: Thirty Writers Celebrate America’s Favorite Borough

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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 BroyardCristina GarciaHenry MillerBetty SmithDerek WalcottTruman CapoteSpike LeeIsaac Bashevis SingerWilliam StyronWalt Whitman

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Weight 0.38 kg
Dimensions 1.91 × 13.97 × 21.59 cm
PubliCanadation City/Country

USA
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Paperback
Language

Pages

304
Publisher

Year Published

1995-3-21
Imprint

ISBN 10

0517883791

"Lively, affectionate, moving pieces by the natives and transplants who have made Brooklyn one of America's great literary landscapes." — Tallahassee Democrat"Intelligently conceived and intelligently executed … a portrait of the borough as it might have been edited for William Shawn's New Yorker." — Boston Sunday Globe"There's plenty of gems … one of the best is Capote's evocation of the Heights and those first sentences: 'I live in Brooklyn. By choice.' " — New York"Testaments to the mythic place Brooklyn was, and in many ways continues to be."–New YorkDaily News.

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