Description
Smoking Lovely is one of the foundational texts of anti-gentrification Nuyorican literature, inspiring a whole generation of poets in their attempts to survive and subvert the neoliberal city.
Author: Willie Perdomo
Publisher: Haymarket Books
Published: 04/06/2021
Pages: 80
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.25d
ISBN13: 9781642595055
ISBN10: 1642595055
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | American | Hispanic & Latino
- Poetry | Subjects & Themes | Places
About the Author
Willie Perdomo is the author of The Crazy Bunch (Penguin Poets, 2019) The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon (Penguin Poets, 2014), a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and winner of the International Latino Book Award; Smoking Lovely (Rattapallax, 2004), winner of the PEN Open Book Award, and Where a Nickel Costs a Dime (Norton, 1996), a finalist for the Poetry Society of America Norma Farber First Book Award. His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature, Poetry, Bomb Magazine, and African Voices. He is currently a Lucas Arts Program Literary Fellow and teaches English at Phillips Exeter Academy.