FORTY POEMS FOR CITY LIVING

<p>A peek at history through the eyes of a young Chicano struggling to find his place in community where ICE raids are common and young men are forced to go to war in a far-off land. The updated poems are memorials to lost friends who shared the same neighborhood experiences and messages to those who are still there to stay and be a part of the change. <strong>Virginia Martinez</strong> Author of the Adventures with Abuela series of children's stories.</p><p><br></p><p>Evokes a time place and life that refuses to be gentrified. Like a tree whose intricate roots run deep powerful neighborhood images disrupt ongoing attempts to displace a vibrant past and resistant present <strong>with the objective of developers the transformation of</strong> an immigrant community into an ethnic Disneyland. <strong>Leonard Ram��rez </strong>Author of <em>The Chicanas of Eighteenth Street</em>.</p><p><br></p><p>Constructs and deconstructs the sights and sounds of the now gentrified Pilsen neighborhood where he came of age. His poems present a new vision about the life of new immigrants who have to navigate through countless difficulties in order to survive. The poems <em>s</em>hine with precision and<strong><em> </em></strong>insightful imagery. --. <strong>Antonio Zavala.</strong> Author of <em>Our Barrios Our Lives</em> and <em>Pale Yellow Moon.</em></p><p><br></p><p><strong>JOEL M��NDEZ</strong> product of the Chicago Public Schools and a veteran of Chicago's Mexican Pilsen neighborhood worked as a CPS math teacher and) and as a researcher and academic counselor at the University of Illinois in Chicago (UIC) Medical Center Campus. A photographer and visual artist he herein offers us his first book.</p><p><br></p>