Heartbeats, Rhythms, and Fire - 9781734027136

Heartbeats, Rhythms, And Fire is JosE Angel Figueroa's new poetry and prose collection. A leading writer of the Nuyorican literary movement, Figueroa is best known for his powerful social commentary. A master of poetic storytelling, visual imagery, and metaphor, his writings-sometimes lyrical and rhythmic, sometimes autobiographical, and sometimes politically charged- do not fit neatly into one category. Heartbeats, Rhythms, And Fire explores universal themes of the human experience as well as major present-day social concerns. Poems, personal essays, monologues, and elegies deliver an intriguing range of storytelling approaches. Figueroa invites the reader to question the origins of self, the roots of love, and the unpredictability vibrating from everyday life. Figueroa's accounts of migration journeys and struggles against racism offer an insider perspective. His narratives of immigration, poverty, and violence against women uplift the voices of everyday people, while others capture the passion and fire of activists who toppled the governor of Puerto Rico in 2019, of Erica Garner who fought against police violence, and of Oscar Lopez Rivera, the former Puerto Rican political prisoner. This impressive collection is a voyage that ebbs and flows arriving to what remains when you "can't kill relentless faith born from the spirituals of stardust and many rivers."

• | Author: Jose Angel Figueroa
• | Publisher: Red Sugarcane Press Incorporated
• | Publication Date: Nov 16, 2020
• | Number of Pages: NA pages
• | Language: Altaic_Languages
• | Binding: Misc. Supplies
• | ISBN-10: 1734027134
• | ISBN-13: 9781734027136