Puerto+Rican+Obituary

Urban Realities Two important poets of the 1960s/1970s address the urban experience. These are Pedro Pietri who wrote Puerto Rican Obituary, and Miguel Pinero who wrote A Lower East Side Poem, and The Cause. Below is Pinero's performance of 'The Cause' followed by Pedro Pietri's reading of Puerto Rican Obituary Read the text of A Lower East Side Poem here, The Cause here and Puerto Rican Obituary by Pedro Pietri here

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