Tony Medina

Bum Rush the Page: A Def Poetry Jam Tony Medina

Jacket Description/Flap: Bum Rush the Page is a groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life, and relevance to American poetry. "Here is a democratic orchestration of voices and visions, poets of all ages, ethnicities, and geographic locations coming together to create a dialogue and to jam-not slam. This is our mouth on paper, our hearts on our sleeves, our refusal to shut up and swallow our silence. These poems are tough, honest, astute, perceptive, lyrical, blunt, sad, funny, heartbreaking, and true. They shout, they curse, they whisper, and sing. But most of all, they tell it like it is." -Tony Medina, from the IntroductionBiographical Note: Tony Medina is a poet, professor, activist, and author of ten books, including DeShawn Days, Love to Langston, and Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Social and Political Black Literature & Art. Louis Reyes Rivera is a professor of Pan African, Caribbean, Puerto Rican, and African American history and literature. A noted poet and essayist, he is the recipient of more than twenty citations, including a Special Congressional Recognition Award for his work as an activist poet. Def Poetry Jam is a multimedia poetry project featuring live showcases and jams across the country, a website, and other projects aimed at bringing poetry to new audiences. Marc Notes: Includes bibliographical references; Groundbreaking collection, capturing the best new work from the poets who have brought fresh energy, life & relevance to American poetry Review Citations:

Booklist 10/15/2001 pg. 374 (EAN 9780609808405, Paperback)

Publishers Weekly 10/22/2001 pg. 72 (EAN 9780609808405, Paperback)

Black Issues Book Review 11/01/2001 pg. 44 (EAN 9780609808405, Paperback)

Contributor Bio:  Medina, Tony Tony Medina, two-time winner of the Paterson Prize, was born in the South Bronx and raised in the Throgs Neck Housing Projects. He served in the United States Army and earned a BA in English at Baruch College, CUNY, on the G. I. Bill. He has taught at Long Island University's Brooklyn campus and Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY. The author of several books for adults and young readers, his poetry, fiction, and essays appear in over forty anthologies. Medina, whose most recent books are MY OLD MAN WAS ALWAYS ON THE LAM (NYQ Books, 2011), BROKE ON ICE (Aquarius Press/Willow Books, 2011), and I and I, Bob Marley (Lee & Low Books, 2009), earned an MA and PhD in English from Binghamton University, SUNY, and is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Howard University. Contributor Bio:  Sanchez, Sonia Sonia Sanchez is an award-winning poet, mother, activist, professor, and international lecturer on Black culture and literature, women's liberation, peace and racial justice. A sponsor of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, she has written over 16 books, including: Homecoming; We a BaddDDD People; Love Poems; I've Been a Woman: New and Selected Poems; A Sound Investment and Other Stories; Homegirls and Handgrenades; Under A Soprano Sky; Wounded in the House of a Friend; Does Your House Have Lions?; Like the Singing Coming off the Drums; and most recently, Shake Loose My Skin.