Book launch party for Willie Perdomo’s The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon Bon at La Casa Azul Bookstore! Saturday April 5, 6:00pm - 7:30pm Event fee: $7.00 online, $10.00 at the door Through 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. Buy tickets here: https://eventbrite/e/willie-perdomo-book-launch-of-the-essential-hits-of-shorty-bon-bon-tickets-11042828397
Posted on: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:23:42 +0000
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