Worth Repeating (eBook, ePUB)

San Antonio Stories
Redaktion: Flahive, Paul; Streetman, Burgin; Pool, Tori

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

"This soulful collection is perfect for fans of The Moth or Humans of New York." Publishers Weekly

People in San Antonio love to tell stories. Worth Repeating: San Antonio Stories is a collection of forty true tales, epic adventures, and intimate revelations from the heart of one of America's fastest growing and most culturally diverse cities.

There is the hilarious chronicle of being crowned Turkey Queen of Cuero, as well as stories of finding one's place as an immigrant or refugee, the heartbreak of being on the AIDS epidemic's front lines, and the redemption in writing My Little Pony fan fiction. From the birth of a Freedom Rider to the origins of a literary legend, from the search for a murdered mother's memories to passing our abilities and disabilities along to our children, the pieces here are as varied and nuanced as the city its authors have called home at one time or another.

They might not all take place in Texas, but every story has roots in its streets, suburbs, and history. Whether it's an account of being stranded in Uganda, growing up in a Mexican border barrio, catching swine flu in Thailand, being among Harvard University's first Black architecture students, growing up in Iran, or leaving India for a new life in Texas, each story has a soul that is puro San Antonio. From last chances to first tries, all of these personal narratives were originally performed in front of an audience at Worth Repeating, Texas Public Radio's live storytelling series.

Writers include Heather Armstrong, Tanveer Arora, Jennie Badger, Kiran Kaur Bains, Marion Barth, Sheila Black, Barbara Bowie, Norma Elia Cantú, Kelly Grey Carlisle, Cary Clack, Jess Elizarraras, Georgia Erck, Tiffany Farias-Sokoloski, Elizabeth Fauerso, Everett L. Fly, Larry Garza, Lorenzo Gomez III, Mike Knoop, David W. Lesch, Rey Lopez, Vanessa Martinez, Collin McGrath, Joaquin Muerte, Sanford Nowlin, Tori Pool, Wendy Rigby, Alex Rubio, Jonathan Ryan, Yara Samman, John Phillip Santos, Burgin Streetman, Whitley Strieber, Barbara S. Taylor, Michael Taylor, Kirsten Thompson, Clay Utley, Cristina Van Dusen, Eddie Vega, Ayon Wen-Waldron, and Bria Woods.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Trinity University Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781595349958
• Artikelnr.: 67316243

Autorenporträt

Burgin Streetman is a writer and the assistant director of Trinity University Press. She started her career in books at Doubleday Book Shop in New York City and has worked for Barnes & Noble, the Jim Henson Company, and Artisan Books. She has written for the San Antonio Express-News, the San Antonio Current, and the San Antonio Report and blogs at Vintage Kids’ Books My Kid Loves. She lives in San Antonio.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Paul Flahive
Will You Go with Me?
Heather Armstrong
Millionaire Slumdog
Tanveer Arora
Turkey Royalty
Jennie Badger
Ride or Die, Friends
Kiran Kaur Bains
Operation Babylift
Marion Barth
Passing My Disability
Sheila Black
The Hospital (and Jim Crow) Killed My Mom
Barbara Bowie
Oreo
Norma Elia Cantú
My Mother Was Thinking of Me
K e lly Grey Carlisle
Are You Out There?
Cary Clack
Puro San Antonio
Jess Elizarraras
I Smell Gas
Georgia Erck
The Vegetarian with Swine Flu
Tiffany Farias-Sokoloski
A Science Experiment Gone Wrong
Elizabeth Fauerso
Saving History
Everett L. Fly
Texas Roots
Larry Garza
The Beatdown That Wasn’t
Lorenzo Gomez III
Everything was Fine until the Violent Revolution
Mike Knoop
Sharing Tea with Syrian Intelligence
David W. Lesch
Grateful
Rey Lopez
The Neighborhood of My Childhood
Vanessa Martinez
How I Became a Brony
Collin McGrath
Live, Laugh, Lowride
Joaquin Muerte
Punk Rock, Leather Bars, and Life on the Road
Sanford Nowlin
The Dropout Who Teaches High School
Tori Pool
Forever Changed
Wendy Rigby
Respect the Lechuza
Alex Rubio
What Are You Doing Here?
Jonathan Ryan
Sixteen and Living in a War Zone
Yara Samman
A City Boy—Under Protest
John Phillip Santos
Buried Alive
Burgin Streetman
Fake Heads and Wonder
Whitley Strieber
Dark Was the Night
Barbara S. Taylor
From High Finance to High-Wire Act
Michael Taylor
Miseducation Blues
Kirsten Thompson
Don’t Mess with a Theater Major
Clay Utley
Baddest Drug Dealer Undone
Cristina Van Dusen
Pilgrims Lost on the Journey
Eddie Vega
In Service
Ayon Wen-Waldron
Reckoning with Racism
Bria Woods
Contributors
Acknowledgments and Credits