Hey Yo! Yo Soy!

Download or read book Hey Yo! Yo Soy! written by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez and published by . This book was released on 2022-10 with total page 425 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction to the second edition by Jaime A. Estades, Esq. with Additional Comments by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez and Translations by Carolina Fung Feng. Edited by Gabrielle David and Kevin E. Tobar Pesantez and Head Translator, Adam Wier. Introduction by Sandra Mara Esteves, Foreword by Samuel Diaz Carrion and Carmen M. Pietri-Diaz, and an Afterword by Jamie "Shaggy" Flores.HEY YO! YO SOY! 50 YEARS OF NUYORICAN STREET POETRY, A BILINGUAL EDITION by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez is a second edition that celebrates the tenth anniversary of its publication in 2012. With a title update that reflects the tenth anniversary, HEY YO! YO SOY! is comprised of three previously published books, CASTING LONG SHADOWS (1970), HAVE YOU SEEN LIBERATION (1971), and STREET POETRY & OTHER POEMS (1972), that consist of stories about growing up Puerto Rican in New York City's El Barrio. Meléndez has long been considered one of the founders of the Nuyorican Movement and the political, intellectual and linguistic topics he approaches in his work remain extremely relevant to this day.This tenth anniversary edition offers a special introduction by professor, activist, attorney, and sociologist Jaime A. Estades, who surveys Meléndez' career in a sociological framework, including a new perspective of his body of work. The poet Meléndez discusses HEY YO! YO SOY! and provides a historical survey of the Nuyorican landscape and its existence today. Original translations by Adam Wier, Carolina Fung Feng, and Marjorie González. Additional translations by Carolina Fung Feng.