On Call
A poetry collection that speaks in a forceful, intimate voice about urban life and Latino community. Self-expression and a sense of collective life emerge through fragmentary city scenes.
poetry collectionLatino literatureurban lifecommunityself-expression
Work Information
It calls its own voice out of the city’s noise.
Algarín’s poems move through New York’s Latino neighborhoods and turn street life, memory, and political feeling into urgent speech. The book also connects to his role in shaping the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Art Pr
- Published
- 1980-02-01
- Pages
- 76 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15 x 0.6 x 23 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780934770033
- ISBN-10
- 0934770034
- Price
- 14545 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/History & Criticism/Criticism & Theory
A book of poems on the cutting edge of cultural innovation. On Call is the model of Algarín's esthetics; it transcends the search for identity, roots, and heritage. On Call reaches down into the recesses of our callused sensitivity, awakens us and, in so doing, makes us part of the poetic process.
Related Literary Awards
- American Book Awards Edition 2 (1981) ・Winner