| Last of the Po'ricans Y Otros Afro-Artifacts Contributor(s): Not4prophet (Author), Beaumont, Vagabond (Illustrator), Medina, Tony (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0988476339 ISBN-13: 9780988476332 Publisher: 2leaf Press OUR PRICE: $15.29 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - Hispanic American - Poetry | Caribbean & Latin American |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2013937967 |
| Series: Nuyorican World |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6" W x 9" (0.44 lbs) 140 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America - Cultural Region - Caribbean & West Indies |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: LAST OF THE PO'RICANS Y OTROS AFRO-ARTIFACTS, the debut poetry collection of Not4Prophet, provides an incredible verbal and musical profusion of poetry that reflects the cultural landscapes of the perpetual islands of Puerto Rican and New York City through the eyes of a Puerto Rican born in Ponce, living in El Barrio/East Harlem and the South Bronx. As he elaborates this otherness, which includes the hassles of poverty, racial pride and racial discord, Not4Prophet pays homage to the old school cats from the Nuyorican and Black Arts movements. Written in free verse and layered with cultural and historical references, LAST OF THE PO'RICANS Y OTROS AFRO-ARTIFACTS breaks boundaries and challenges us with iconic imagery and word play that dares to speak of the unspeakable. Vagabond's agit-pop artwork creates a powerful visual to Not4Prophet's raging verse. |
Contributor Bio(s): Beaumont, Vagabond: - VAGABOND is a filmmaker and multi-disciplinary artist who was born in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican and Jamaican parents. A graduate of Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & the Arts, he attended The School of Visual Arts but dropped out after his first year to work on independent black films such as Spikes Lee's DO THE RIGHT THING, where he quickly learned all aspects of filmmaking and forged his own alternative aesthetic. He has written, produced and directed the documentary RICANSTRUCTING VIEQUES, and the award-winning feature film, MACHETERO. A former member of the RICANSTRUCTION Netwerk, a politically radical artist collective in the vein of the "Situationist International," he continues to work on films, create posters, pamphlets, videos and all kinds of other agit-propaganda for "the cause" or just because. www.nothngtobegainedhere.com.Medina, Tony: - TONY MEDINA, two-time winner of The Paterson Prize for Books for Young People, is the author/editor of sixteen books for adults and young readers, including I and I, Bob Marley, My Old Man Was Always on the Lam, Broke on Ice, An Onion of Wars, and The President Looks Like Me and Other Poems. Medina's poetry, essays and fiction appear in numerous publications. The first Professor of Creative Writing at Howard University, in 2013 Medina was awarded both The Langston Hughes Society Award and the first African Voices Literary Award. |