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A memoir by domingo martinez, dt 07183 posted on september 10, 2017 by laura jean new york times best seller and 2012 national book award finalist for nonfiction, boy kings of texas is a memoir about growing up in the rural area around brownsville, texas during the 1980s. Martinezs work has appeared in epiphany, the new republic, this american life. It captures martinezs experiences growing up in brownsville, texas in the 1970s and 1980s, then goes on to his life after leaving brownsville. Seattle writer domingo martinezs memoir, the boy kings of texas, is a. He has read pieces from the boy kings of texas on this american life and an essay about being chosen as a 2012 national book award finalist on all things considered. Jan 01, 2012 having grown up in the rio grand valley of south texas, along the texas mexico border where the bulk of this coming of age story is set, i swooned with vertigo at the dizzying accuracy of the landscape, people, culture, politics, violence, poverty, and dark humor that domingo martinez depicts in his stunning memoir the boy kings of texas. Martinez delivers a lyrical and unblinking account of family life in the border town of brownsville, texas. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. A finalist for the national book award in 2012, the boy kings of texas is a memoir of martinezs childhood in a rural barrio outside of brownsville, texas and his escape to seattle, washington as he tries to transition into adulthood. Empathetic teens will be engaged by martinezs emotionally rich story. Martinezs nonfiction is one of few that discuss the realities of life along. The boy kings of texas, recently nominated for a national book award in nonfiction, joins a rich body of mexican american comingofage.
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