{"product_id":"pedro-pietri-selected-poetry-9780872866560","title":"Pedro Pietri: Selected Poetry","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePedro 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\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBy 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 him. \u003cem\u003ePedro Pietri: Selected Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e gathers the most enduring and treasured work among his published books, \u003cem\u003ePuerto Rican Obituary\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTraffic Violations\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eOut of Order\u003c\/em\u003e, along with a generous selection of his previously unpublished works.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"There was no one in this country as ferocious, as brilliant, or as necessary as Pedro Pietri. In these days of growing inequality it is to his rebel vision I turn to for hope and for strength. A towering poet, absolutely peerless, explosively talented, a pioneer, and iconoclast, and activist, to whom the entire spoken word movement owes a debt beyond calculation.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eJunot Diaz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"One of the great American poets of the twentieth century, a leader of the Nuyorican poetry movement that ignited at Miguel Algar n's Nuyorican Poet's Cafe. Perhaps the most progressive and at the same time funniest poet of the period.\"--\u003cstrong\u003eAmiri Baraka\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePedro Pietri\u003c\/strong\u003e (1944-2004) was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, and raised in Manhattan. In the early '70s he was a featured poet at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJuan Flores\u003c\/strong\u003e (1943-2014) was a professor and director of Latino Studies at New York University, and author of many books on Puerto Rican and Latino culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePedro L pez Adorno\u003c\/strong\u003e is a professor in the Department of Africana and Puerto Rican\/Latino Studies of Hunter College since 1987, and a published poet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/27\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872866560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 254\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2015\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pedro Pietri","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645484953756,"sku":"9780872866560","price":16.11,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ae103c00-bd39-48b0-b1f5-55777aae8d9e.jpg?v=1603861226","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pedro-pietri-selected-poetry-9780872866560","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}