Bodega DreamsWilliam Irizzari has reinvented himself as Willie Bodega, a drug lord who plans to use his money to buy and renovate his areas comdemned buildings. Told by Chino, a young graffiti artist, this is the story of whether hope and loyalty can survive in a world of crime. |
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... Street and Second Avenue . When I was accepted a lot of things seemed possible . I now left East Harlem every day and with- out my quite knowing it , the world became new . Little by little the neighborhood's petty street politics ...
... Street and Second Avenue . When I was accepted a lot of things seemed possible . I now left East Harlem every day and with- out my quite knowing it , the world became new . Little by little the neighborhood's petty street politics ...
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... Street , about half of the Museum Mile . I stopped in front of El Museo del Barrio on 104th Street and Fifth Avenue . Then I walked a block south and sat on the marble steps of the Museum of the City of New York . When Sapo and I were ...
... Street , about half of the Museum Mile . I stopped in front of El Museo del Barrio on 104th Street and Fifth Avenue . Then I walked a block south and sat on the marble steps of the Museum of the City of New York . When Sapo and I were ...
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... street activist or something , but her mother made her marry the Cuban , at least that's what they told me . " “ A street activist ? You mean a Young Lord ? " " Yeah , that's what he was . I mean I was just being born , so I don't ...
... street activist or something , but her mother made her marry the Cuban , at least that's what they told me . " “ A street activist ? You mean a Young Lord ? " " Yeah , that's what he was . I mean I was just being born , so I don't ...
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