{"product_id":"the-essential-hits-of-shorty-bon-bon","title":"The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon; Willie Pordomo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eA National Book Critics Circle 2014 Finalist for Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough dream song and elegy, alternate takes and tempos, prizewinning poet Willie Perdomo’s third collection crackles with vitality and dynamism as it imagines the life of a percussionist, rebuilding the landscape of his apprenticeship, love, diaspora, and death. At the beginning of his infernal journey, Shorty Bon Bon recalls his live studio recording with a classic 1970s descarga band, sharing his recollection with an unidentified poet. This opening section is followed by a call-and-response with his greatest love, a singer named Rose, and a visit to Puerto Rico that inhabits a surreal nationalistic dreamscape, before a final jam session where Shorty recognizes his end and a trio of voices seek to converge on his elegy.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarch 25, 2014\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the Author \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-testid=\"contentContainer\" class=\"TruncatedContent__text TruncatedContent__text--medium TruncatedContent__text--expanded\" tabindex=\"-1\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"DetailsLayoutRightParagraph__widthConstrained\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003eWillie Perdomo is the author\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhere a Nickel Costs a Dime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eSmoking Lovely,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewhich received a PEN America Beyond Margins Award. He has also been published in The New York Times Magazine and Bomb and his children's book,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVisiting Langston,\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ereceived a Coretta Scott King Honor. He is a NYFA Arts Fellowship winner, Pushcart Prize nominee, a Urban Artists Initiative\/NYC grant recipient and was recently a Woolrich Fellow in Creative Writing at Columbia University. He is currently Artist-in-Residence, Workspace, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. He is co-founder\/publisher of Cypher Books.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44647366164802,"sku":"9780143125235","price":6.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/8735\/3154\/products\/1b75c0_15ad4dd255204c03b37511a6f1e09dd4_mv2.jpg?v=1677802163","url":"https:\/\/shop.freeairbooks.com\/products\/the-essential-hits-of-shorty-bon-bon","provider":"FREEAIR Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}