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Dominican Books, Magazines, and Films

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	In Santiago, the Dominican Republic, Grupo León Jimenes publishes beautiful books about the Dominican Republic, its life and its culture, that presently are not available from Amazon. Some of them can be downloaded as PDFs.
	In New York City, Dominican books are available at Librería Calíope, 170 Dyckman Street (New York NY 10040) in Washington Heights, Upper Manhattan, between Sherman and Vermilyea Avenues. Telephone: 1-212-567-3511 and -5359,   email: caliopehispanica@aol.com.

City University of New York Dominican Studies Institute City College of New York, North Academic Building 4/107, 160 Convent Avenue at 138th Street, New York NY 10031 1-212-650-7496 • dsi@ccny.cuny.edu • www.ccny.cuny.edu/dsi

Nonfiction Books Available from Amazon.com with a Dominican Theme

Here are some books in English with Dominican and related themes, plus a big and highly detailed map of the Dominican Republic. These items can be ordered and delivered to addresses in the USA, in Canada and in most countries of Latin America and the Caribbean.

Contemporary Dominican Literature in English at Amazon.com

Álvarez, Julia In the Name of Salomé (fictionalized history of the poet Salomé Ureña) In the Time of the Butterflies (fictionalized history of the Miribal sisters) Before We Were Free (A teenage girl in the time of Trujillo) How the García Girls Lost Their Accents (A Dominican family comes to New York) ¡Yo! (Sequel to "García Girls") How Tia Lola Came to Stay (A Dominican family in New England) (Search for other Julia Álvarez books) Cambeira, Alan Azúcar! The Story of Sugar (A girl of the Batey and the story of sugar itself) Azúcar's Sweet Hope: Her Story Continues (and the effects of globalization...) Tattered Paradise...Azúcar's Trilogy Ends! (... on the Dominican Republic) Contreras, Hilma Between Two Silences (Short stories) Cruz, Angie Soledad: A Novel (A Dominican Family in New York) Let It Rain Coffee: A Novel (Saga of a Dominican family) Díaz, Junot Drown (Short stories, snapshots of Dominican life) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (2008 Pulitzer Prize winning novel) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Kindle edition) Lara, Ana-Maurine Erzulie's Skirt (The epic journey of two Dominican women) Noboa-Espinal, Carmen Uptown Menace: To Hell and Back Featured work - Click for info Pérez, Loida Maritza Geographies of Home (A Dominican family in New York) Rivera, Martha I've Forgotten Your Name (Coming of age in the Dominican Republic) Rosario, Nelly Song of the Water Saints: A Novel (A Dominican saga of the 20th Century) Sención, Viriato (translated from Spanish) They Forged the Signature of God (A historical novel of the 20th Century)

CLICK HERE to search for more books with a Dominican theme. CLICK HERE to browse all books in Spanish.

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Álvarez, Julia Once Upon a Quinceañera Cruz, Angie Let It Rain Coffee Soledad Díaz, Junot Drown The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Magazine Subscriptions Available from Amazon.com

Dominican or Dominican-themed Films