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Bad Seed

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By Gabriel Carle
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A vibrant debut short story collection depicting the disillusionment that comes with being young and queer in Puerto Rico. The visceral, wildly imaginative stories in Bad Seed flick through working-class scenes of contemporary Puerto Rico, where friends and lovers melt into and defy their surroundings—night clubs,... Read More
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"A debut short story collection depicting the disillusionment that comes with being young and queer in Puerto Rico"--

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A vibrant debut short story collection depicting the disillusionment that comes with being young and queer in Puerto Rico.

The visceral, wildly imaginative stories in Bad Seed flick through working-class scenes of contemporary Puerto Rico, where friends and lovers melt into and defy their surroundings—night clubs, ruined streets, cramped rooms with cockroaches moving in the walls.

A horny high schooler spends his summer break in front of the TV; a queer love triangle unravels on the emblematic theatre steps of the University of Puerto Rico; a group of friends get high and watch San Juan burn from atop a clocktower; an HIV positive college student works the night shift at a local bathhouse.

At turns playful and heartbreaking, Bad Seed is the long overdue English-language debut of one of Puerto Rico's most exciting up-and-coming writers.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781558613201

Publisher: Feminist Press at The City University of New York

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 20 June 2024

Country: United States

Imprint: Feminist Press at The City University of New York

Illustration: Illustrations

Contributors:

  • Translated by Heather Houde

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 203.0mm

Height: 127.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 120

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Fiction Gabriel Carle General Fiction Literary Fiction

About the Author

Gabriel Carleis a writer and academic researching issues of queerness, Indigeneity, and Blackness in Caribbean literature and activism. They completed a BA in creative writing at the UPR, Ro Piedras, and an MFA in creative writing in Spanish at New York University.Bad Seedis an English translation of their debut story collection,Mala Leche, published in Puerto Rico in 2018. They are currently based in New York City.

Heather Houdeis a self-taught visual artist, writer, and translator from Philadelphia. She is the author ofThin Skinned, and her stories and translations have appeared inA Gathering of the Tribes,The Common,Latin American Literature Today,The Southwest Review,andThe Shoutflower.

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