Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam
by
Urayoan Noel
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2014
Since the 1960s, Nuyorican poets have explored and performed Puerto Rican identity both on and off the page. Emerging within and alongside the civil rights movements of the 1960s, the foundational Nuyorican writers sought to counter the ethnic/racial and institutional invisibility of New York City...