RITA INDIANA—also known as La Montra, the monster, in her role as the lead singer of Rita Indiana y los Misterios—is a pop artist, queer activist, and rising star of contemporary Caribbean literature. She is the author of two short story collections and three novels. Born in Santo Domingo, she lives in Puerto Rico. ACHY OBEJAS is a Cuban American journalist, writer, and translator. She lives in Oakland, CA, and Chicago.

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Papi © 2005, 2011 by Rita Indiana

English translation © 2016 by The University of Chicago

All rights reserved. Published 2016.

Printed in the United States of America

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ISBN-13: 978-0-226-24489-1 (paper)

ISBN-13: 978-0-226-24492-1 (e-book)

DOI: 10.7208/chicago/9780226244921.001.0001

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Hernández, Rita Indiana, 1977– author.

[Papi. English]

Papi / Rita Indiana ; translated by Achy Obejas.

pages ; cm

Summany: Papi tells a story in the voice of an eight year old girl waiting in Santo Domingo for her father to return from New York to lavish her with gifts and the glory of his fame. Things don’t go according to plan.

ISBN 978-0-226-24489-1 (pbk. : alk. paper) — ISBN 978-0-226-24492-1 (ebook)

I. Obejas, Achy, 1956– translator. II. Title.

pq7409.2.h355p3613 2016

863'.7—dc23

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