{"product_id":"south-side-girls-guide-to-love-sex-poems-paperback","title":"South Side Girl's Guide to Love \u0026 Sex: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMayda del Valle\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a child of Puerto Rican migrants on Chicago's Southside, Mayda's Del Valle's poetry utilizes part Spanish and English, part hip-hop and salsa, part Nas and Sonia Sanchez, part Shakespeare and John Leguizamo. It is inherited history as well as traditions remixed and invented. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Del Valle creates autobiographical narratives that utilize spoken word poetry and music, intended equally for the page and live performance. Rooted in the aesthetics of hip-hop and the urban Latino experience, the poems here explore themes of healing, transformation, and the recovery of ancestral memory in the modern-day diaspora. The beauty of this collection is that the poet manages to curate the flow such that the reader can DJ the poems--arrange their own set and thus, to borrow a phrase from that system, \"spin\" their own performance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eMayda Del Valle is author of \"The University of Hip Hop\" and a winner of the 2016 Drinking Gourd Chapbook Poetry Prize from Northwestern University Press. She appeared on six episodes of the HBO series \u003ci\u003eRussell Simmons Presents Def Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, and was a contributing writer and original cast member of the Tony Award winning \u003ci\u003eDef Poetry Jam on Broadway\u003c\/i\u003e. A gifted performer, Del Valle has read her work at venues all over the world including the White House. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 80\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53502840668467,"sku":"9781882688562","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/V8dGVzkwiw9781882688562.webp?v=1781650995","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/south-side-girls-guide-to-love-sex-poems-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}