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Chulito, which means \"cutie,\" is one of the boys, and everyone in his neighborhood has seen him grow up--the owner of the local bodega, the Lees from the Chinese restaurant, his buddies from the corner, and all of his neighbors and friends, including Carlos, who was Chulito's best friend until they hit puberty and people started calling Carlos a pato...a faggot. Culito rejects Carlos, buries his feelings for him, and becomes best friends with Kamikaze, a local drug dealer. When Carlos comes home from his first year away from college and they share a secret kiss, Chulito's worlds collide as his ideas of being a young man, being macho, and being in love are challenged. Vivid, sexy, funny, heartbreaking, and fearless, this knock out novel is destined to become a gay classic. Praise \"Hilarious, unique, heartfelt and sharp. A wonderful read.\"-Sandra Cisneros, author of the acclaimed The House on Mango Street and Caramelo \"Chulito introduces a fresh, engaging, and stirring voice. Rice-Gonzalez's memorable characters live on the page with a force and verve and vulnerability that touches our heart. This is a beautiful debut.\"-Jaime Manrique, author of Latin Moon in Manhattan and Eminent Maricones About the Author Charles Rice-Gonz lez, born in Puerto Rico and reared in the Bronx, is a writer, long-time community and LGBT activist and Executive Director of BAAD  The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance. He received a B.A. in Communications from Adelphi University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College. Rice-Gonzalez attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 2005, 2006 and 2007, the Lambda Literary Foundation Writers' Conference in 2008 and Sandra Cisnero's Macondo Writers' Conference in 2009. He has worked with writers David Leavitt, Sarah Schulman, Rebecca Brown, Percival Everett, Helena Maria Viramontes, Elana Dykewomon and Stacey D'Erasmo. Rice-Gonzalez is a public relations and marketing specialist in the area if Latino arts and culture. He worked for nearly twenty years in the publicity and public relations field at Universal Pictures in New York, for Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer and Repertorio Espa ol - Spanish Theatre Repertory before forming Rice-Gonz lez Public Relations in 1997. He has worked with every major Latino theater company in New York and was the Latino Marketing specialist with the Broadway production of Nilo Cruz's Pulitzer Prize-winning Anna in the Tropics. He lives in the Bronx, NY.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Charles Rice-Gonzalez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Querelle Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781936833030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2013 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCharles Rice-Gonzalez, born in Puerto Rico and reared in the Bronx, is a writer, long-time community and LGBT activist and Executive Director of BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance. He received a B.A. in Communications from Adelphi University and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Goddard College. \u003cbr\u003eRice-Gonzalez attended the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference in 2005, 2006 and 2007, the Lambda Literary Foundation Writers' Conference in 2008 and Sandra Cisnero's Macondo Writers' Conference in 2009. He has worked with writers David Leavitt, Sarah Schulman, Rebecca Brown, Percival Everett, Helena Maria Viramontes, Elana Dykewomon and Stacey D'Erasmo. He was awarded a residency at the Byrdcliffe Artist Colony in Woodstock, NY in 2005 and at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts in 2011.\u003cbr\u003eCharles received an Audre Lorde scholarship in 2007 from the ZAMI Foundation and a P.R.I.D.E. (Puerto Rican Initiative to Develop Empowerment) Award in 1997. \u003cbr\u003eRice-Gonzalez has written several plays including What Carlos Feels (1990), Pink Jesus (1997), and Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo (produced each year at BAAD! since 2004) and I Just Love Andy Gibb which won Pregones Theater's 2005 ASUNCION Play Reading Series and received a workshop production in May 2007. \u003cbr\u003eHe has read excerpts of his book at the Bowery Poetry Club, The Living Room, the PANIC series at Nowhere Bar, the Gerber\/Hart Library in Chicago, and several venues in the burgeoning South Bronx arts scene including Bruckner Bar and Grill, and was a featured writer at the Downtown Bronx Cafe. \u003cbr\u003eRice-Gonzalez is a public relations and marketing specialist in the area if Latino arts and culture. He worked for nearly 20 years in the publicity and public relations field at Universal Pictures in New York, for Bronx Borough President Fernando Ferrer and Repertorio Espanol - Spanish Theatre Repertory before forming Rice-Gonzalez Public Relations in 1997. He has worked with every major Latino theater company in New York and was the Latino Marketing specialist with the Broadway production of Nilo Cruz's Pulitzer Prize winning ANNA IN THE TROPICS. He lives in the Bronx, NY. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rice-Gonzalez, Charles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44310599041252,"sku":"9781936833030","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9781936833030.jpg?v=1719547485"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/collections\/lgbt-books.oembed?page=11","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}