Books by Louis Reyes Rivera
Who Pays The Cost (1978) /
This One For You (1983) /
Scattered
Scripture
Bum Rush the Page
(co-editor) /
The Bandana Republic (co-editor)
Sancocho: A Book of Nuyorican Poetry by Shaggy
Flores (edited by Louis Reyes Rivera)
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Louis Reyes Rivera—known
as the "Janitor of History," poet/essayist—has 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
The
Bandana Republic
From Gangs of the
Ghetto to Gangstas of the Inner City ( Wilson)
A Review of
The
Bandana Republic (Sharif)
Creating
an Africana Canon
Filiberto Ojeda Rios
Puerto Rican Sovereignty
Inside
the river of poetry
Internet
Copyright Settlement Alive
jorge's journey Notes
Lest We Forget Killens
On the Passing of
Piri Thomas
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
For Bartee
Community
Testament (for Bartee)
Elegie For Richard
Bartee
For Rich Bartee
In Confidence (for Bartee)
A
Light in the Tunnel (for Bartee)
More Hugging
On the Passing of Rich Bartee
(Obituary)
Tribute
to Bartee
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The New Jim Crow
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Colorblindness
By Michele Alexander
Contrary to the
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racial caste in America; we have merely
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incarceration as a system of social
control (More African Americans are
under correctional control today... than
were enslaved in 1850). Alexander
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colonies to the Clinton administration,
delineating its transformation into the
war on drugs. She offers an acute
analysis of the effect of this mass
incarceration upon former inmates who
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employment, housing, education, and
public benefits. Most provocatively, she
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1970s, it includes the pioneering studies of
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