by Andrea Wyatt · Harmony · tapa dura · ISBN 9780517591345
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«The Brooklyn Reader» is the anthology about Brooklyn edited by Andrea Wyatt Sexton and Alice Leccese Powers, in hardback (287 pages, in English).
A literary journey through Brooklyn from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day through stories, poems and essays by some thirty authors, including Truman Capote, Cristina García, Pete Hamill, Spike Lee, William Styron, Walt Whitman and Thomas Wolfe. The anthology portrays the myth and everyday life of the borough, from Coney Island to Brooklyn Heights, with voices ranging from Shirley Chisholm and Betty Smith to Neil Simon and Isaac Bashevis Singer.
First edition published on 1 March 1994 by Harmony Books. The work includes an introduction by Pete Hamill and brings together texts by 30 writers.
For adult readers who enjoy literary anthologies and great cities as a narrative setting.
