Annotation
Lyrical and gritty, this authentic coming-of-age story about a border-town family in Brownsville, Texas insightfully illuminates a little-understood corner of America.
Awards
2013 Independent Publisher Book Awards ( IPPYs )
Author Notes
Domingo Martinez has worked as a journalist and designer in Texas and in Seattle. His work has appeared in Epiphany, he has contributed to The New Republic, and he read an adaptation of "The Mimis" on This American Life in 2011. An excerpt from The Boy Kings of Texas was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Martinez lives in Seattle.
Domingo Martinez has worked as a journalist and designer in Texas and in Seattle. His work has appeared in Epiphany, he has contributed to The New Republic, and he read an adaptation of "The Mimis" on This American Life in 2011. An excerpt from The Boy Kings of Texas was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Martinez lives in Seattle.
| Genre | NonFiction Memoir |
| Topics | Family relationships Hispanics Cultural identity Adolescence Domestic violence Substance abuse Personal narratives |
| Setting | Brownsville, Texas Seattle, Washington Border town |