The Brooklyn Reader

Name: The Brooklyn Reader
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ISBN: 9780517883792

Thirty Writers Celebrate America's Favorite Borough

Andrea Wyatt, Alice Leccese Powers

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English

Three Rivers Press
21 March 1995

Anthologies (non-poetry)

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

Edited by: Andrea Wyatt, Alice Leccese Powers
Imprint: Three Rivers Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 140mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 374g
ISBN: 9780517883792
ISBN 10: 0517883791
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 21 March 1995
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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.