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Salvador Plascencia

Born

in Guadalajara, Mexico

December 21, 1976

Website

http://www.salvadorplascencia.com

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Biographies & Memoirs

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Salvador Plascencia the author of the cult favorite The People of Paper, named a best book of the year by the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times and Financial Times. The People of Paper has been translated into a dozen languages and widely anthologized and adopted in Chicanx, postmodern, creative writing and design courses throughout the country. His writing has appeared in McSweeney’s, Lucky Peach, Tin House and the Los Angeles Times. He holds a B.A. in English (Whittier College), an MFA in creative writing (Syracuse University), and an M.A. in English (USC). He is the recipient of the Bard Fiction Prize and a Moseley Fellowship.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 5,651 ratings · 697 reviews · 9 distinct works • Similar authors

	The People of Paper 4.07 avg rating — 5,443 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	McSweeney's #61 by Claire Boyle (Editor), Maria Bamford (Contributor), Salvador Plascencia (Contributor) 3.70 avg rating — 98 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Composition No. 1 by Marc Saporta, Salvador Plascencia, Tom Uglow 3.51 avg rating — 86 ratings — published 1962 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	East of East: The Making of Greater El Monte by Romeo Guzmán (Contributor), Carribean Fragoza (Editor), Alex Sayf Cummings (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.57 avg rating — 21 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	La gente de papel by Salvador Plascencia, SILVIA; ALEMANY VILALTA (Translator) 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Conceptualisms: The Anthology of Prose, Poetry, Visual, Found, E- & Hybrid Writing as Contemporary Art by Joe Amato (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), David Antin (Contributor), John Ashbery (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Never Forget How to Ride a Bike: Lessons Learned by the Students of John Marshall High School by John Marshall High School, Salvador Plascencia (Foreword by) 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	紙の民 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Salt Hill 16 (Summer 2004) by Creative Writing Program at Syracuse University (Editor), JoAnn Balingit (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Amy Beeder (Contributor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2004	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Salvador Plascencia (?)

“I don’t know what they are called, the spaces between seconds– but I think of you always in those intervals.”
― Salvador Plascencia, The People of Paper

tags: longing, love, sadness

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“One day I will forgive you; until then there are scabs everywhere that you have touched me.”
― Salvador Plascencia, The People of Paper

93 likes

“Missing you is worse than Pittsburgh.”
― Salvador Plascencia, The People of Paper

tags: humor, missing-someone, romance

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