Abraham Rodriguez

Abraham Rodriguez Jr. (born in The Bronx) is a Puerto Rican novelist, short story author and musician who writes in English about the experience of Latinos in the United States.^[1] Although he has been living in Germany since the mid-90s, Rodriguez continues to set his stories in the South Bronx. He is part of the Nuyorican Movement.

As a musician, he is the founding member, guitarist and singer for the Berlin-based punk-rock band Urgent Fury.^[2]

Life

His work has appeared in Story, Best Stories from New Writers, Chattahoochie Review, and Alternative Fiction & Poetry.

Awards

• 1993 New York Times Notable Book of the Year, for The Boy Without A Flag
• 1995 American Book Award, for Spidertown
• 2000 New York Foundation for the Arts grant
• New York State Council of the Arts, literary panel member

Works

• The Boy Without A Flag. Milkweed Editions. 1992. ISBN 978-0-915943-74-6. 
• Spidertown. Penguin Books. 1994. ISBN 978-0-14-023838-9. 
• The Buddha Book. Macmillan. 2001. ISBN 978-0-312-26299-0. 
• South by South Bronx. Akashic Books. 2008. ISBN 978-1-933354-56-9. 

References

External links

• Carmen Dolores Hernández (1997). "Abraham Rodriguez Jr.". Puerto Rican Voices in English: Interviews with Writers. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-275-95809-1.