Houston, TX:' Arte Publico Press, 1995. SIGNED first edition - The second novel by this American Book Award winning author - set in the late 1950s, this is the story of a young girl from Texas who goes to Manhattan, winds up in a brutal and exploitative relationship with a Cuban-American artist (she agrees to work as a prositute in order to support his work as a painter.) SIGNED on the title page. 221 pp. Cover painting by Leslie Nemour. ISBN: 1558851283.