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— Debra Di Blasi, publisher, author of Drought and Prayers of an Accidental Nature
“In Hano, honor meant never ratting out a friend, never chickening out of a fight, and never refusing to share a drink or cigarette when you had one. My peers and I lived for today; we didn’t consider consequences because we thought tomorrow would never come.” By turns unsettling, witty and tragic, Crime A Day explores the reality of childhood poverty, educational deprivation, and social outcasting—and how these factors can lead to a life of crime. Joe DiBuduo went from a hard-working 6-year-old paperboy to a 22-year-old ex-con with a history of incarceration spanning nearly a decade. His journey from hoping to die in the electric chair to redemption and love will haunt the reader for years to come. Required reading!
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Joe DiBuduo
Joe DiBuduo was born in 1940 and grew up in South Boston. He earned his GED at age 30, and a certificate in Creative Writing from Yavapai College at age 69. Books include collections of “flashfiction poetry,” flash fiction, a children’s picture book, a young adult novel, and A Penis Manalogue, a mixed-genre narrative inspired by Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues. His story,“The Night Café,” won a New Short Fiction Award from Jerry Jazz Musician.
Death by Electric Chair & Other Boyhood Pursuits
An unforgettable memoir about tough gangsters and hard drinkers, corrupt police and cynical judges, and the hungry, hardscrabble kids who survived “Hano”— once Boston’s roughest and most impoverished neighborhood.
CRIME A DAY
“Historically important, insightful, and hugely entertaining”
JIP