{"product_id":"my-broken-language-a-memoir-paperback","title":"My Broken Language: A Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eQuiara Alegría Hudes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGOOD MORNING AMERICA\u003c\/i\u003e BUZZ PICK - The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and co-writer of \u003ci\u003eIn the Heights \u003c\/i\u003etells her lyrical story of coming of age against the backdrop of an ailing Philadelphia barrio, with her sprawling Puerto Rican family as a collective muse.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Quiara Alegría Hudes is in her own league. Her sentences will take your breath away. How lucky we are to have her telling our stories.\"--Lin-Manuel Miranda, award-winning creator of \u003ci\u003eHamilton\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn the Heights\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: NPR, New York Public Library, \u003ci\u003eBookPage, BookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eQuiara Alegría Hudes was the sharp-eyed girl on the stairs while her family danced their defiance in a tight North Philly kitchen. She was awed by her mother and aunts and cousins, but haunted by the unspoken, untold stories of the barrio--even as she tried to find her own voice in the sea of language around her, written and spoken, English and Spanish, bodies and books, Western art and sacred altars. Her family became her private pantheon, a gathering circle of powerful orisha-like women with tragic real-world wounds, and she vowed to tell their stories--but first she'd have to get off the stairs and join the dance. She'd have to find her language. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWeaving together Hudes's love of music with the songs of her family, the lessons of North Philly with those of Yale, this is a multimythic dive into home, memory, and belonging--narrated by an obsessed girl who fought to become an artist so she could capture the world she loved in all its wild and delicate beauty. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuiara Alegría Hudes\u003c\/b\u003e is the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright of \u003ci\u003eWater by the Spoonful\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of a memoir, \u003ci\u003eMy Broken Language\u003c\/i\u003e. She wrote the book for the Tony-winning Broadway musical \u003ci\u003eIn the Heights\u003c\/i\u003e and later adapted it for the screen. Her notable essays include \"High Tide of Heartbreak\" in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and \"Corey Couldn't Take It Anymore\" in \u003ci\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/i\u003e. As a prison reform activist, Hudes and her cousin founded Emancipated Stories, a platform where people behind bars can share one page of their life story with the world. She lives with her family in New York but frequently returns to her native Philly.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.1 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 11, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766882861344,"sku":"9780399590061","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/85cea288df9e81d7e0d56343d798c194.webp?v=1780300523","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/my-broken-language-a-memoir-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}