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 Jes�s Papoleto Mel�ndez'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. Mel�ndez, 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 Mel�ndez's career in a sociological framework, offering a fresh perspective of his body of work. Mel�ndez discusses his Hey Yo! Yo Soy! and provides a historical survey of the Nuyorican landscape and its existence today. �