The Breakbeat Poets Vol. 4 - by Felicia Chavez & José Olivarez & Willie Perdomo (Paperback)
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Highlights
- A BreakBeat Poets anthology that opposes silence and re-mixes the soundtrack of the Latinx diaspora across diverse poetic traditions.
- About the Author: Felicia Rose Chavez is a native New Mexican with an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Iowa.
- 344 Pages
- Poetry, American
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About the Book
A BreakBeat Poets anthology that opposes silence and re-mixes the soundtrack of the Latinx diaspora across diverse poetic traditions.
Book Synopsis
A BreakBeat Poets anthology that opposes silence and re-mixes the soundtrack of the Latinx diaspora across diverse poetic traditions.
About the Author
Felicia Rose Chavez is a native New Mexican with an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Iowa. An award-winning educator, Felicia is currently at work on The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize The Creative Classroom, forthcoming from Haymarket Books.
José Olivarez is the son of Mexican immigrants. His debut book of poems, Citizen Illegal, was a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Award and won the 2018 Chicago Review of Books Poetry Prize.
Willie Perdomo is an Afro-Caribbean Nuyorican from East Harlem. He is the author of The Crazy Bunch, The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Smoking Lovely, winner of the PEN Open Book Award; and Where a Nickel Costs a Dime, a finalist for the Poetry Society of America Norma Farber First Book Award. He teaches at Phillips Exeter Academy.