The Brooklyn Reader: Thirty Writers Celebrate America's Favorite Borough
by Andrea Wyatt (Editor) 
, Alice Leccese Powers (Editor)
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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, show more 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 Spike Lee Isaac Bashevis Singer William Styron Walt Whitman show lessTags
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Andrea Wyatt is a LibraryThing Author, an author who lists their personal library on LibraryThing.
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- Original publication date
- 1995
- Important places
- Brooklyn, New York, New York, USA
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- (3.86)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
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- 3
- ASINs
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