Download or read book 40 Años de Poesía Nuyorriqueña de la Calle, Edición Bilingüe written by Jesús Papoleto Meléndez and published by Nuyorican World. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: HEY YO! YO SOY! 40 YEARS OF NUYORICAN STREET POETRY, A BILINGUAL EDITION is a 386-page collection, 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. Melendez 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.