On the "Artists on the Cutting Edge" program of UCTV (University of California), Jesus Papoleto Melendez, a founder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe who will visit Albany tomorrow, talks about a variety of subjects, including how performance is more satisfying than writing, and about his formative years as a kid in Harlem and as a teacher in San Diego.
http://www.uctv.tv/shows/A-Cascade-Of-Words-Jesus-Papoleto-Melendez-2645
More about the Diasporican Poets Cafe tomorrow at UAlbany:
http://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/puerto_rican_diaspora12.html
Photo: Melendez on the Boricua Poetry website.
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