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Alicea, Gil C., author, photographer.

The air down here : true tales from a South Bronx boyhood / Gil C. Alicea, with Carmine DeSena ; photographs by Gil C. Alicea.

San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [1995]

©1995

134 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm

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Essays written by a sixteen-year-old boy confront issues such as drugs, violence, gangs, sex, parents, and school.

Alicea, Gil C.

Hispanic American youth -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.

Bronx (New York, N.Y.) -- Social conditions.

New York (N.Y.) -- Social conditions.

DeSena, Carmine, author.

Introduction / Carmine DeSena -- This is how it's going down -- In the morning -- Why people act that way -- Hanging with a friend -- Like being in jail -- The day begins at third period -- Street smarts -- Want to do something -- Told what I already knew -- Alexis -- The brush-off -- Shout out -- Basketball Jones -- The hospital -- Talking shop -- Government food -- Call me air Alicea -- Grandma: seventy going on twenty -- Wannabe -- Girl talk -- Doing the math -- My dad -- The day of rest -- Visiting Mom -- Night moves -- Bad deal -- When Alexis left -- Getting through -- Step by step -- I want to be -- Nonstop -- It's not going to be me -- Coppers -- Seeing all the violence start -- Learning sensation -- Good-bye Mom -- One day at a time -- The media takes it to the extreme -- School: not by the book -- The Gil style -- Being materialistic is not everything -- The media ghetto -- A coin for your thoughts -- Spike: the real deal -- A song for a bad day -- A little bit about everything -- The Egyptian belief -- Comedy all rapped up -- Hoping for a comeback -- Do your best 'cause we're put to the test! -- Interested in learning -- School of hard rocks -- One floor at a time -- Time to pay the piper -- Good for some, but not all -- Scared of knowing -- Grandma Velez -- A day for each other -- Moving away from pain -- Keeping secrets -- Un-social worker -- Santeria -- Responsibility -- First time for everything -- Dad's job -- Learning without a cause -- It's mandatory -- Giving math a different perspective -- When you read what interests you -- Teacher knows what's up -- Knowing when -- Veronica -- Snapping with a view -- Not going my way -- Losing friends -- Making the right decision at the right time -- Talk is cheap -- Scandals -- Don't shoot! it's just a camera -- Room for improvement -- Professor Jordan -- Trash talking -- Making up for lost time -- Competition -- Veronica: the master plan -- Bad thoughts -- Mother's day -- Surprised to fight, but I knew the outcome -- Fighting without a cause -- Mistakes happen -- I'm not perfect -- Going through bad times -- Bring in the morning -- The big question -- Veronica: the plan goes on -- Trying again and again -- Free for now -- Paid protection -- Family matters -- The big one! -- Good times -- The scariest part of being an adult -- Why or why not me? -- If there were no drugs -- The truth hurts -- What I learned about love from mom -- Parents with HIV -- One less victim -- Overwhelmed -- A change for hope -- Summer of togetherness -- Veronica: midway to success -- A good parent -- The big problem in my neighborhood -- Relief.

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BIO Alicea