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Jesús Papoleto Meléndez, also known as " Papo ", or " Papoleto ", (born June 13, 1950) is a New York-born Puerto Rican poet, playwright, teacher, and activist. He is a member of the Nuyorican Movement.
Raised in New York City’s east Harlem, poet and playwright Jesús Papoleto Melendez is one of the founding poets of the Nuyorican poetry movement. His short-lined, quick-turning poems engage city life through a mosaic of metaphor and song.
7 de abr. de 2013 · Jesús “Papoleto” Meléndez, griot boricua y precursor del movimiento Nuyorican, acaba de publicar una colección poética bajo el título Hey Yo!, Yo Soy! 40 Years of Nuyorican Street Poetry. Yarisa Colón lo entrevista.
Uno de los poetas fundadores del movimiento poético nuyorriqueño, Jesús Papoleto Meléndez recuerda los primeros días de la escena poética en Loisaida y cómo se involucró en su fundación.
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Raised in New York City’s east Harlem, poet and playwright Jesús Papoleto Melendez is one of the founding poets of the Nuyorican poetry movement. His short-lined, quick-turning poems engage city life through a mosaic of metaphor and song.
The New York Times City Room blog takes a close look at the life of Nuyorican Poets movement founder Jesus “Papoleto” Melendez, whose life in the East Harlem is steadily...
