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Tony Medina

Auteur van I Am Alfonso Jones

21+ Werken 888 Leden 34 Besprekingen

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Tony Medina is a key figure in the current spoken-word poetry scene. He is the author of several collections of poems. He lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)

Werken van Tony Medina

I Am Alfonso Jones (2017) 301 exemplaren
Love to Langston (2002) 131 exemplaren
Christmas Makes Me Think (2001) 79 exemplaren
I and I Bob Marley (2009) 70 exemplaren
Deshawn Days (2001) 50 exemplaren
Committed to Breathing (2003) 5 exemplaren
No Noose Is Good Noose (1996) 4 exemplaren
Broke Baroque (2013) 3 exemplaren
Resisting Arrest: Poems to Stretch the Sky (2016) — Redacteur — 3 exemplaren
An An Onion of Wars (2012) 2 exemplaren
Broke on Ice (2011) 1 exemplaar
Emerge & See (1991) 1 exemplaar
Death, With Occasional Smiling (2021) 1 exemplaar

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The Outlaw Bible of American Poetry (1999) — Medewerker — 593 exemplaren
We Rise, We Resist, We Raise Our Voices (2018) — Medewerker — 218 exemplaren
The BreakBeat Poets: New American Poetry in the Age of Hip-Hop (2015) — Medewerker — 171 exemplaren
African American Poetry: 250 Years of Struggle and Song (2020) — Medewerker — 169 exemplaren
The 100 Best African American Poems (2010) — Medewerker — 96 exemplaren
Catch the Fire!!! (1998) — Medewerker — 28 exemplaren
This Is the Honey: An Anthology of Contemporary Black Poets (2024) — Medewerker — 18 exemplaren
Furious Flower: Seeding the Future of African American Poetry (2019) — Medewerker — 14 exemplaren
360: A Revolution of Black Poets (1998) — Medewerker — 9 exemplaren

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Algemene kennis

Geboortedatum
1966-01-10
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
USA
Geboorteplaats
The Bronx, New York, USA

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Alfonso and his girlfriend Danetta are out shopping for a suit to wear when his father is released from prison. An off-duty police officer working store security shoots and kills Alfonso after mistaking the hanger in his hand for a gun. As a spirit, Alfonso meets others who were cut down by police brutality and witnesses the impact and global activism that result after his death. I found the narrative disjointed and the illustrations chaotic but in the end this is a story for our time.
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Salsabrarian | 19 andere besprekingen | Jan 26, 2024 |
CW: Shooting of black teenager
 
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Mrs_Tapsell_Bookzone | 19 andere besprekingen | Feb 14, 2023 |
It seems only the most powerful books are banned. This book is banned for showing police in the wrong light and for being about by POC particularly black issues. In this book Alfonso Jones is shot while shopping for a suit because a security guard with a gun mistakes a hanger for another type of gun. This story looks both at the aftermath of what happens in society after the senseless killing, as well as following Alfonso Jones ‘s ghost as he views the history of other victims of senseless racial violence. This book is hard-hitting and brings forth all the emotions. It is so very real that even though it was written years ago it’s still not only relevant to today but will remain relevant for years to come. This book shouldn’t be banned, it should be studied. It should be used as a reference for what can and does happen in our modern society. It points out atrocities such as a 15-year-old black boy being shot for having a hanger, while a teenage school shooter gets taken alive with an arsenal of weapons. It gets into the thoughts and prayers offered by politicians with little to no action. And it gets into the pain of a community that can be felt by any community when one of their members is senselessly killed. This book should be read and should be in many libraries permanent collection as we hope and work towards a better future where books like this are no longer needed.… (meer)
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LibrarianRyan | 19 andere besprekingen | Oct 28, 2022 |
This book is a collection of poems about how African American boys should see themselves and how others should see them too. This is such an important book because representation is such an important part of how people see themselves. I would recommend this book to anyone regardless of race because of its contents and beautiful illustration.
 
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21
Ook door
11
Leden
888
Populariteit
#28,847
Waardering
4.2
Besprekingen
34
ISBNs
43

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