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Jimmy & Rita

by Kim Addonizio · 1996

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A tough, edgy collection of poetry that follows the lives of two young people, caught in a snare of heroin and speed, physical abuse, rogue sex, tw -bit jobs they can't hold, and rough streets they can't escape from. Haunted by their childhoods of material and emotional poverty, Jimmy and Rita float through days in urban San Francisco.

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adult
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short · 88 pages
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