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Louis Reyes Rivera Table

 

 

Books by Louis Reyes Rivera

Sanchocho: A Book of Nuyorican Poetry / Scattered Scripture / Bum Rush the Page

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Louis Reyes Riveraknown as the "Janitor of History," poet/essayisthas been studying his craft since 1960 and teaching it since 1969. The recipient of over 20 awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award (1995), a Special Congressional Recognition Award (1988), and the CCNY 125th Anniversary Medal (1973), Rivera has assisted in the publication of well over 200 books, including John Oliver Killens' Great Black Russian (Wayne State U., 1989), Adal Maldonado's Portraits of the Puerto Rican Experience (IPRUS, 1984), and Bum Rush The Page: A Def Poetry Jam (Crown Publishers, 2001). Rivera Bio

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Essays

Creating an Africana Canon

Filiberto Ojeda Rios Puerto Rican Sovereignty

Inside the river of poetry 

jorge's journey Notes

Lest We Forget Killens

On the Passing of Rich Bartee (Obituary)

Rivera Bio

Sekou Sundiata (Obituary)

Writers Guild of America Strike

Interview

Rudy Interview Rivera   

          Part 1  Part 2 Part 3  Part 4

Poems

(compulsion strikes the witness)  

For Rich Bartee 

jorge's journey

Mickey

Scattered Scripture   (Book Review)

 

Conversation

 

Human Rights and Womens Rights

 

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Related files

Black Hearts of Men Introduction 

Black Hearts Review 

The Centrality of Literary Heroes

Coal, Charcoal, and Chocolate Comedy (Keenan Norris)

Community Testament  (for Bartee)

Elegie For Richard Bartee

For Rich Bartee 

Freedom Vision (Keenan Norris)

fresno gone (Keenan Norris)

In Confidence (for Bartee)

Interview with Keith Gilyard   

in the shadow of slavery

Killens Bio

Killens, Fort Bliss, & Korea  (by Kalamu) 

Killens Literary Heroes 

Latino Immigrants, Jobs, and Civil Rights (Interview with Sheila Jackson Lee) 

Liberation Memories Reviews

A Light in the Tunnel (for Bartee)

More Black Hearts Reviews    

More Hugging

Of Obama and Oakland (Keenan Norris)

Old Civil Rights Groups and Immigrants

On the Passing of Rich Bartee 

Rivera Strikes Again

Slo Dance Table

TESTAMENT  

Tribute to Bartee 

The Works of James McCune Smith

Writers' Workshop 

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updated 4 November 2007

 

 

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