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02311aam a2200373 i 4500 001 2715B486B70111EC81A6B5F021ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220408010011 008 190930s2019 xx a 000 1 eng c 020 $a 0578491192 (softcover) 020 $a 9780578491196 (softcover) 035 $a (OCoLC)1121180301 040 $a NYP $b eng $e rda $c NYP $d NYP $d IG$ $d ORX $d OCLCF $d STF $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 082 04 $a 813/.6 $2 23 100 1 $a Avila, Lorraine, $e author. 245 10 $a Malcriada & other stories / $c by Lorraine Avila ; [cover art and internal art: Crystal Rodriguez] 246 3 $a Malcriada and other stories 264 1 $a [Place of publication not identified] : $b DWA Press, an Imprint of the Dominican Writers Association, $c [2019] 300 $a 181 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 22 cm 500 $a Short stories. 520 $a In the middle of the Caribbean Sea, aboard an illegal voyage from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, a twelve year old learns her name; a former cacao farmer finds a constellation on his lover's thighs; best friends become strangers and find the essence of themselves in the face of deception; an old man exchanges his homeland for a New York City bodega storefront; preteen boys grapple with authority; female cousins come to terms with their first shared sexual experience; an alcoholic woman finds serenity at the bottom of the sea; feminism is deconstructed by opposing views; on the back of a motorcycle, self-awareness is found; and a woman discovers that healing is a series of choice. 505 0 $a Malcriada -- Nereyda's stars -- Papi -- Cuero -- Justice -- Habibi Beach Chair -- Pastelitos -- Yellow -- Fire Fuego -- Romo -- Heaven -- Mi'ja -- The law -- Bodysuit -- The ride on the Yamaha -- You. 650 0 $a Dominican Americans $x Social aspects $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Dominican American women $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Hispanic American women $z United States $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Short stories $x Women authors. 655 7 $a Short stories. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Rodriguez, Crystal, $e illustrator. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20220408010110.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2715B486B70111EC81A6B5F021ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search