Bum Rush the Page by Tony Medina

Bum Rush the Page by Tony Medina

Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life, and relevance to American poetry.

Here is a democratic orchestration of voices and visions, poets of all ages, ethnicities, and geographic locations coming together to create a dialogue and to jam-not slam. This is our mouth on paper, our hearts on our sleeves, our refusal to shut up and swallow our silence. These poems are tough, honest, astute, perceptive, lyrical, blunt, sad, funny, heartbreaking, and true. They shout, they curse, they whisper, and sing. But most of all, they tell it like it is.
-Tony Medina, from the Introduction

Louis Reyes Rivera was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Puerto Rican parents. He earned his BA from the City College of New York. His collections of poetry include Who Pays the Cost, This One for You, In Control of English, and Scattered Scripture, which won the Poetry Award from the Latin American Writers Institute.

Rivera's many honors and awards included a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, a Special Congressional Recognition Award, and the CCNY 125th Anniversary Medal. Committed to the progressive and political power of jazz as well as poetry, Rivera appeared at dozens of jazz clubs and festivals and was inducted into the Brooklyn Jazz Hall of Fame. He died in 2012.

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ISBN 13	9780609808405
ISBN 10	0609808400
Title	Bum Rush the Page
Author	Tony Medina
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2001-10-23
Number of pages	320
Prizes	Short-listed for Gold Pen Awards (Poetry Collection) 2002
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