{"product_id":"where-a-nickel-costs-a-dime-paperback","title":"Where a Nickel Costs a Dime - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWillie Perdomo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWhere a Nickel Costs a Dime\u003c\/em\u003e captures the hip-hop rhythms and in-your-face intensity of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a downtown Manhattan club where the hottest young poets are finding their fame.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Willie Perdomo's poems, in the tradition of Amiri Baraka, Langston Hughes, and Ntozake Shange, meet at the intersection of the street and the academy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The world in these piercing and heartbreaking poems is Spanish Harlem, \"where night turns to day without sleep,\" where \"Puerto Rico stays on our minds when the fresh breeze of cafe con leche y pan con mantequilla comes through half-opened windows and under our doors,\" where \"babies fall asleep to the bark of a German shepherd,\" where \"Independence Day is celebrated everyday,\" where \"the police come into your house without knocking. They throw us off rooftops and say we slipped. They shoot my father and say he was crazy. They put a bullet in my head and say they found me that way.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Blending images of street life, drugs, and AIDS against hope and determination, Willie Perdomo is a cutting-edge bard who speaks to the soul of his generation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 5.9 x 8.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42134025896071,"sku":"9780393313833","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/06b02494d35cee426c4277058f676d98.webp?v=1732638535","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/where-a-nickel-costs-a-dime-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}