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| Library | Shelf Location | Status | Date | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Section | Call Number and Collection | Format | |||
| Humboldt Park | Adult | PS3618.U56Z46 2006 coll. Heritage Collection | Trade Paper | Not checked out | 09/13/2011 |
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Boricua morena : memoirs of a Humboldt Park girl / Xenia Ruiz.
Author: Ruiz, Xenia.
Publisher: Kearney, Ne. : Morris Pub., 2006.
ISBN: 9781873671306
187367130X
Description: 90 p. ; 21 cm.
Subject: Ruiz, Xenia.
Puerto Ricans Illinois Chicago Biography.
Teenage girls Biography.
Humboldt Park (Chicago, Ill.) Biography.
Contents: Pelo malo: confessions of a kinky-haired Puerto Rican sister -- Pelo malo: the poem -- Home is where mami is -- Apartheid, american style -- My big, fat Latina familia -- Lover -- Mulata -- Weapons of mass destruction -- How death gave birth to a writer -- Waking up next to him is wonderful -- My grandmother's letters -- 1340 North Western -- What flashes before your eyes -- Crime of passion -- Reflections on 'Pelo malo': six years later.