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The Brooklyn Reader
  • Published: 21 March 1995
  • ISBN: 9780517883792
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $39.99

The Brooklyn Reader

Thirty Writers Celebrate America's Favorite Borough

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20 July 2011
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21 Mar 1995
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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

Spike Lee

Isaac Bashevis Singer

William Styron

Walt Whitman
  • Published: 21 March 1995
  • ISBN: 9780517883792
  • Imprint: Crown
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $39.99
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About the authors

Alice Leccese Powers

Alice Leccese Powers is the editor of the anthologies Italy in Mind and Ireland in Mind and the co-editor of The Brooklyn Reader: Thirty Writers Celebrate America’s Favorite Borough. A freelance writer and editor, she has been published in the Washington Post, the Baltimore Sun, Newsday, and many other newspapers and magazines. Powers teaches writing at the Corcoran School of Art and Georgetown University. She lives in Washington, DC, with her husband and three daughters.
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