Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry - Paperback
by Pedro Pietri
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Availability:In StockContributor:Pedro Pietri, Juan Flores (Editor), Pedro Lopez Adorno (Editor)Publish date:2015-10-27Pages:254
Language:EnglishPublisher:City Lights BooksISBN-13:9780872866560ISBN-10:872866564UPC:9780872866560Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Caribbean & Latin American, AmericanBook Topic:Hispanic & LatinoSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCW1HXGBYS
Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry
Pedro Pietri's often playfully absurd poems chronicle the joys and struggles of Nuyoricans--urban Puerto Ricans whose lives straddle the islands of Puerto Rico and Manhattan--and define the Latino experience in urban America.
By turns angry, heartbreaking, and hopeful, his writings are imbued with a sense of pride and nationalism and were embraced by the generation of Latino poets that followed...
Language:EnglishPublisher:City Lights BooksISBN-13:9780872866560ISBN-10:872866564UPC:9780872866560Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Caribbean & Latin American, AmericanBook Topic:Hispanic & LatinoSize:7.90 x 5.20 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SCW1HXGBYS
Pedro Pietri: Nuyorican poet and playwright Pedro Pietri was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1944, and raised in Manhattan. In the early 1970s, he co-founded the Nuyorican Poets Cafe with Miguel Pinera, Miguel Algarin, and others. He died of stomach cancer in 2004.
Juan Flores: Juan Flores is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and director of Latino Studies at New York University. He is...
Juan Flores: Juan Flores is a Professor of Social and Cultural Analysis and director of Latino Studies at New York University. He is...
Publisher: City Lights Books
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Pedro Pietri, Juan Flores (Editor), Pedro Lopez Adorno (Editor)
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