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Robert Coles
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Growing Up Poor: A Literary Anthology |
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No copies available |
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| Published in: |
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English |
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Paperback |
| Pages: |
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304 |
| Date: |
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2002-06-01 |
| ISBN: |
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156584744X |
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New Press, The |
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0.74 pounds |
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5.47 x 0.79 x 8.07 inches |
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3 Driver B (USA: CA), Ann (USA: CT), MrsRiley (USA: NY) |
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3 ozarkmrs (USA: MO), NYC Books Through Bars (USA: NY), Nnebeluk (USA: NY) |
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Product Description
Hailed by Booklist as "valuable" and "eloquent," Growing Up Poor is a unique anthology of stories, poems, and essays about growing up "without" in the land of plenty. Edited and with an introduction by Pulitzer Prize-winning child psychiatrist Robert Coles, the book includes writing by Sherman Alexie, Dorothy Allison, Raymond Carver, Sandra Cisneros, Ralph Ellison, Richard Ford, Luis Rodriguez, Betty Smith, Gary Soto, Mildred Taylor, Sylvia Watanabe, and William Carlos Williams, as well as by young people writing about their firsthand experiences of urban and rural poverty today.
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http://bookmooch.com/156584744X |
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