A MIRROR IN MY OWN BACKSTAGE - Tecno-Libro

Known for writings about the Latino experience in the United States, JosA© Angel Figueroa has been a major contributor to the Puerto Rican and Latino literary movement. A Mirror in My Own Backstage explores themes of migration and social justice as well as philosophical-existential reflections about love and the human experience. This collection gives testament to Figueroa s poetic evolution. it includes some of his most classic poems along with a new crop of innovative work by this accomplished and gifted artist who masters his craft, writes distinguished scholar Edna Acosta Belen. JosA© Angel brings a unique music and imagery to the definition of what American poetry is, remarks Newark Poet Laureate Amiri Baraka. The cover and interior artwork were created by Juan Sanchez, well-known for his work combining painting and photography with media clippings and found objects to expose America s policies and practices in Puerto Rico, and obstacles facing Puerto Ricans in the U.S.