Hey Yo! Yo Soy!: 50 Years of Nuyorican Street Poetry, a Bilingual Edition, Tenth Anniversary Book, Second Edition

A bilingual collection of three significant works by a founder of the Nuyorican Movement.

This second edition of Jesús Papoleto Meléndez's Hey Yo! Yo Soy! celebrates the tenth anniversary of the collection's original publication in 2012. With a title update that reflects the tenth anniversary, this expansive collection comprised of three previously published books--Long Shadows, Have You Seen Liberation, and Street Poetry & Other Poems--brings together stories about growing up Puerto Rican in New York City's El Barrio. Meléndez, long considered one of the founders of the Nuyorican Movement, offers an approach to political, intellectual, and linguistic topics that remain poignant and relevant today.

This tenth-anniversary edition offers a special introduction by professor, activist, attorney, and sociologist Jaime A. Estades, who surveys Meléndez's career in a sociological framework, offering a fresh perspective of his body of work. Meléndez discusses his Hey Yo! Yo Soy! and provides a historical survey of the Nuyorican landscape and its existence today.


Author: Jesús Papoleto Meléndez
Publisher: 2leaf Press
Published: 10/06/2023
Pages: 500
Binding Type: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781737446569
ISBN10: 1737446561
Language: Spanish
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | Hispanic & Latino
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Hispanic American Studies
- Literary Collections | Caribbean & Latin American

About the Author
Jesús Papoleto Meléndez ("Papo") is a playwright, teacher, activist, and award-winning New York-born Puerto Rican poet. Meléndez is the recipient of the Louis Reyes Rivera Lifetime Achievement Award and a 2001 New York Foundation for the Arts fellowship in poetry. He lives in New York. Gabrielle David is a multidisciplinary artist, musician, photographer, digital designer, poet, and writer. David is the publisher of 2Leaf Press and serves as chair of the board of 2Leaf Press Inc. David is co-editor of What Does It Mean to be White in America?, editor of Branches of the Tree of Life, and author of two poetry chapbooks. Kevin E. Tobar Pesántez served as poetry editor of 2Leaf Press and is a leader of Bhakti Yoga. Adam Wier is a playwright, translator, editor, and full-stack Javascript developer. He currently resides in Paris. Carolina Fung Feng is a translator and copyeditor specializing in Spanish translations.