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Compiled by poets who have been at the center of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York City, Aloud! showcases the work of the most innovative and accomplished word artists from around America.

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Manhattan's Nuyorican Poets Cafe, located in the low-rent district of Alphabet City, has become well-known over the past two decades for its poetry performances and "slams." Founded by Algarin and the late Miguel Pinero, it is the home for New York Puerto Rican poets and other poets of various nationalities and ethnic groups. This remarkably full collection, winner of the 1994 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, includes 260 poems by 145 poets of highly varied voices, a breadth that gives the anthology an urban energy that has transferred well from stage to page. Most of the works are interesting to read, some are heartrending, and others just plain fun. Nicole Breedlove's poem about growing up on welfare ("And my brother/joined the army/to get away/from the government"), Dael Orlandersmith's "Poem for Anne Sexton" ("Her perfume is the bathwater/of faded party girls"), and Sapphire's troubled "In My Father's House" ("my mother slipped on her sweater & disappeared") are a few of the many standouts. Holman's "Invocation" (a sort of foreword), Algarin's introduction, and the sometimes witty, sometimes precious authors' biographies are not to be missed. Highly recommended.
Harold Augenbraum, Mercantile Lib., New York
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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“[This] is a fun, wild, and fascinating volume of poems from what Holman calls 'a home for the tradition that has no home but your ear' . . . Aloud is significant in its openness, its verbal power, and the undeniable fact that its performers are changing things without giving a damn how many walls they tear down.” ―Ray Gonzalez, The Nation

“Manhattan's Nuyorican Poets Cafe, located in the low-rent district of Alphabet City, has become well-known over the past two decades for its poetry performances and 'slams.' Founded by Miguel Algarin and the late Miguel Pinero, it is the home for New York's Puerto Rican poets and other poets of various nationalities and ethnic groups. This remarkably full collection, winner of the 1994 American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, includes 260 poems by 145 poets of highly varied voices, a breadth that gives the anthology an urban energy that has transferred well from stage to page. Most of the works are interesting to read, some are heartrending, and others just plain fun. Nicole Breedlove's poem about growing up on welfare ("And my brother / joined the army / to get away / from the government"), Dael Orlandersmith's "Poem for Anne Sexton" ("Her perfume is the bathwater / of faded party girls"), and Sapphire's troubled "In My Father's House" ("my mother slipped on her sweater & disappeared") are a few of the many standouts. Bob Holman's "Invocation" (a sort of foreword), Algarin's introduction, and the sometimes witty, sometimes precious authors' biographies are not to be missed. Highly recommended.” ―Library Journal

“New York City's Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a Lower East Side institution, is known for hosting poetry slams, or public recitals of poems competitively graded by the audience. This is participatory performance poetry with an urban groundswell behind it--oral, multicultural, political, uninhibited . . . The vitality of [Aloud] is conspicuous even when its anarchy causes some impatience. A maximalist poetry--compounded of emotional drive, visceral detail, real-life words and rhythms--offers something vigorous even when it reads as virtually unedited. The voices collected (more than 100) are challenging.” ―Publishers Weekly

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Holt Paperbacks; First Edition (August 15, 1994)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 514 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0805032576
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0805032574
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.6 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 1.2 x 9 inches

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Anne Elliott is the author of The Artstars (Blue Light Books/Indiana University Press, 2019) and The Beginning of the End of the Beginning (Ploughshares Solos, 2014). Her short stories can be found in A Public Space, Crab Orchard Review, Witness, Hobart, Bellevue Literary Review, Fifth Wednesday Journal, Fugue, The Normal School, and elsewhere. Honors include fellowships from the Table 4 Writers Foundation and Vermont Studio Center. In addition to writing fiction, Elliott has been a performance poet, ukulelist, Wall Street analyst, database programmer, and publisher of tiny books. She lives in Southern Maine with her husband and many pets.

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K. Sadira Dorran

Unforgettable

Reviewed in the United States on April 9, 2013

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I heard a poet in Sacramento read from this book during her feature at Luna's Cafe in 2000 or so. I was so impressed with the piece, so moved, that I noted the cover of the book she was reading from. I have never forgotten it, and when I came across it while browsing recently, I remembered and purchased it. I'm sharing it with my son, a young poet himself, and I know he'll be as inspired by it as I am.

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Daniel

The Slam Bible, but not the Poetry Bible

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2005

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Reading this stunningly broad and emotional collection of slam poems, two things are immediately noticeable. The first: these are excellent slam poems. The second: these are (mostly) disappointing printed-page poems.

If you have experienced slam poetry, either live or via audio or video recording, "Aloud" helps you appreciate how performance-intensive slamming is. A group of juvenile delinquents can perform a scene of Shakespeare and still retain much of its poignance and beauty, for such was Shakespeare's skill with words. Not so with most of the poems in "Aloud"--in the wrong hands, they could be very disappointing slam poems indeed. Had others written and performed them, they likely would never have made it into this collection.

In short, all but a few poems in "Aloud" don't measure up to the canon of printed-word poems humans have amassed over the centuries. And yet, when read aloud, or considered as only half of a slam poem (the peformance being the other half), they can surprisingly come to life with power and grace.

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Poems

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Good read

Reviewed in the United States on October 21, 2010

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I honestly would have never thought of buying this book had i not seen the movie Miguel Piñero. The movie showed an incredibly talented man who struggled with many personal problems (drugs, aids, alchohol,robbery, etc.) the movie gives a Puerto Rican perspective of life and the obsticles one has being latino in United states. I felt very inspired by the movie and felt compelled to buy the book to experience his unique style of poetry, his stuff is very good, and there are also many other people who have excellent poetry in this book also.

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great service

Reviewed in the United States on October 16, 2007

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got this book in a timely manner and paid pennies for it. haven't read it just yet. flipped thru it and found so many good poems it left me homesick and longing to return to the nuyourican poets cafe. i've watched a lot of poets on youtube. anyway for what it's worth i'd recommend this one. Aloud helps me feel connected to NYC and living here in charleston, SC i really need it.

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One of my favorite books! I bought this a couple of years ...

Reviewed in the United States on November 22, 2014

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One of my favorite books! I bought this a couple of years back from Amazon and it is great I still have it in my collection. The poets are incredible it inspires me to want to write.

Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2012

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I've been to the Nuyorican poets cafe, so it's nice to read a book that has many different types of poetry that is not afraid to post raw emotional subjects at times funny and sad. A nice add to my collection.

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Good collection!

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