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Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. If you enjoy slam or nontraditional poetry, this is the best anthology I’ve found. This book was published some time ago but I picked it up only recently. Or at least, you’ll finally be standing up and saying out loud something with real beauty and frpm and strength.
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Wishing more of the foundational voices could be read here, but excellent collection of the new blood coming from the Poets Cafe. And perfect for those who love slam. It has plets vitality of vulgarity.
Michele sent this book to me for christmas one year. Published August cafw by Holt Paperbacks first published May A few years actually. Jimmy Santiago Baca Contributor.
Apr 28, Kerry Wall rated it it was amazing. I opened to a page of a poem that ended “a tree grows in brooklyn a tree grows in brooklyn a tree grows in brooklyn. This poetry is exactly what I like it to be, raw, urban and somewhat real So given that there are many various ways of assessing a poem’s and poet’s effectiveness, given the imperative to decenter a singular academic standard of reading and criticizing poetry, indeed, I get farce.
The publisher of Robert Frost is happy to proclaim that the te franchise has come back to the people. Mar 06, Destiny Henderson added it. Sex Goddess of the Western Hemisphere is the best! There are so many little jewels in here, full of rhythm and truth.
Aug 31, Kei rated it did not like it Shelves: You won’t love every poem, but everyone who reads this book will love a different poem. I have tgis book for quite some time. I g I’m currently reading some of the authors in the “Founding Poems” section of this book, for the Poets of Color class Nuyoriacn teaching.
If you enjoy peots or nontraditional poetry, this is the best anthology I’ve found. It has the vitality of vulgarity. He teaches at Rutgers University. As a sometime poet, I have to say this book is essential. The anthology is bilingual with many poems written completely in Spanish which makes it good extracurricular material concerning my Spanish studies.
Read, highlight, and take notes, across web, tablet, nuuyorican phone. While some love obviously fades, I will always love this book for the following poems: As the “New York Observer” writes: I liked this book because the poetry it contains is best read aloud, and the writing begs you not to just read it, but experience it by reading it out loud.
Want to Read saving…. Holt- Poetry – pages 3 Reviews https: Other editions – View all Aloud: I loved this collection.
One of my favorite poems in there from back in the day is “I am the Sex Goddes of the Western Hemisphere. Oct 30, Jeff Peterson rated it it was ok. I look forward to visiting this cafe soon: Jan 26, David Rullo rated it it was amazing.
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Having never attended a poetry slam, and having limited the amount of time I’ve spent at open mics, I was both amused by his description of it and at the same time I admit it was a bit icky.
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