Quiara Alegria Hudes

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Theatre, Writing
Philadelphia, United States

Quiara Alegría Hudes is an American playwright, lyricist and essayist. She is best known for writing the book for the musical In the Heights. Her play Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. She won the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for her play Water by the Spoonful

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Quiara Alegria Hudes recommended 3 Sections in Books (curated)

 
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3 Sections
Vijay Seshadri | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
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"Poems for contemporary conundrums and shimmering solutions."

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Quiara Alegria Hudes recommended Ceremony in Books (curated)

 
Ceremony
Ceremony
Leslie Marmon Silko | 1977 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry
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"“Ceremony” is about contemporary Native American characters who need to reconnect with deep past, with ancestral memory."

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Sonnets for an Old Century
Sonnets for an Old Century
Rivera, José Eustasio | 2004 | Fiction & Poetry
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"A splendid series of vulgar, exuberant, and holy monologues about everyday contemporary life."

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Quiara Alegria Hudes recommended Collected Poems in Books (curated)

 
Collected Poems
Collected Poems
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"I’d need poems. I love far too many, and favorites change daily. I’d bring Edna St. Vincent Millay’s “Collected Poems,” for curiosity and a wanderlust heart."

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"This book is an elixir, spirit medicine, and feminine life force. A series of brown girls’ step into the spotlight and testify to central moments in their girlhood. The final pages make me feel reborn each and every time."

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The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time
8.0 (1 Ratings)
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"I’d bring James Baldwin’s evergreen “The Fire Next Time,” to my island to remember how elegantly language can portray ferocity, honesty, and uncompromising social criticism."

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Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami | 2012 | Fiction & Poetry
9.5 (2 Ratings)
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"For a playful mood, I’d turn to Murkami’s sexual coming of age novel. Bizarre and erotic, sensual and dreamy, this surrealistic page turner includes bibliophile and jazz subplots custom tailored to my nerd-dom."

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Quiara Alegria Hudes recommended The Known World in Books (curated)

 
The Known World
The Known World
Edward P. Jones | 2011 | Fiction & Poetry
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"For complete submersion in a novelistic world I’d choose Edward P. Jones’ epic masterpiece, “The Known World.” A universe unto itself, there are terrible moments and beautiful revelations about a black slave owner and the many lives around him."

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