Down These Mean Streets by Piri Thomas
A Memoir
A raw, firsthand memoir of a young Puerto Rican man growing up in Spanish Harlem, tracing his passage from childhood poverty and neighborhood violence through gang life, drug addiction, arrests and prison; it examines harsh encounters with racism and questions of racial and cultural identity while also detailing moments of tenderness, sexual discovery, and the slow, painful work of self-reckoning and redemption through education and conscience.
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- Published
- 1967
- Nationality
- American
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- Original Language
- English
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