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A BreakBeat Poets anthology that opposes silence and re-mixes the soundtrack of the Latinx diaspora across diverse poetic traditions.
Über den Autor / die Autorin
Felicia Rose Chavez is a native New Mexican with an MFA in creative nonfiction from the University of Iowa. An award-winning educator, Felicia is currently at work on The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop: How to Decolonize The Creative Classroom, forthcoming from Haymarket Books.
José Olivarez is the son of Mexican immigrants. His debut book of poems, Citizen Illegal, was a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Award and won the 2018 Chicago Review of Books Poetry Prize.
Willie Perdomo is an Afro-Caribbean Nuyorican from East Harlem. He is the author of The Crazy Bunch, The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon, a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; Smoking Lovely, winner of the PEN Open Book Award; and Where a Nickel Costs a Dime, a finalist for the Poetry Society of America Norma Farber First Book Award. He teaches at Phillips Exeter Academy.
Zusammenfassung
A BreakBeat Poets anthology that opposes silence and re-mixes the soundtrack of the Latinx diaspora across diverse poetic traditions.
Vorwort
- Galleys available on request
- National TV, radio, and print campaign, including interviews, features, and reviews
- Review copies sent to major dailies like New York Times, Chicago Tribune, etc. as well as online, Latinx interest, and poetry outlets like Poetry Magazine, Poets & Writers, Remezcla, Latino Voices, Latina, Latinx Spaces, Teen Vogue, Buzzfeed, Mic, and others.
- Major launch events in Chicago, Los Angeles, Oakland, and New York City
- Advertising in Poets and Writers, Poetry, as well as online at LitHub, Remezcla
- Promotion at the 2020 Association of Writers & Writing Programs conference in San Antonio
- Publicity and promotion in conjunction with editor and contributor speaking engagements
- Promotion through social media: Many contributors have large following on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook, Haymarket Books has 61k Twitter followers and 54k Facebook fans
- Promotion on the series website www.breakbeatpoets.com
