Works by Ricardo Nazario-Colón
Black Bone by Call Number: 821.914 B624 2017 - Circulating (3rd Floor)Publication Date: 2018"Tujcalusa" by Ricardo Nazario y Colon
"Of Jibaros and Hillbillies" by Ricardo Nazario y Colon
Coal black voices : a documentary by Call Number: DVD 821.008 C652 2001 - DVD Collection (2nd Floor)Publication Date: 2001Coal Black voices is an intimate mosaic of images, poetry, and storytelling by the Affrilachian Poets as they glimpses of life in the American Black South and Appalachian region. The ensemble of African-American writers challenge simple notions of an all white Appalachian region and culture while drawing on the traditions such as the Harlem Renaissance, the Black Arts Movement, and the experiences of the African Diaspora. The poetry of the Afrilachian poets celebrates their African heritage and rural roots while encompassing themes of racism and Black identity. In this documentary they give voice to the pleasures of family, land, good food, artistic community, music and transformation
The Moor of the Bronx by Call Number: On OrderISBN: 9798888382240Publication Date: 2023-05-26In his latest work The Moor of The Bronx our unapologetic Nuyorican story teller Ricardo Nazario y Colón weaves untold blood stained and government food poems of survival, resilience and celebration of life in the Bronx. The hardness of bullets and red bricks encase the aroma of familia y comunidad. The sprayed painted murals holding space for junkies, pushers and growing young people who held their ancestors' wildest dreams, while dodging violence, hunger and displacement as they planted their roots on broken sidewalks.
He describes "the borough always on the alert, another black man hunted" as he reimagines anti-hero Larry Davis, also known as Adam Abdul-Hakeem. He highlights the ongoing moves of families at midnight when the rent was due in the El Building. Both Larry and the required migrations pay homage to the resilience of black and brown urban communities' insistence on living visible and memorable lives while chocking on assimilation, as masterfully describe in Benevolent Assimilation.
Biography
RICARDO NAZARIO Y COLÓN is the author of The Recital from Winged City Chapbooks 2011 and Of Jibaros and Hillbillies from Plain View Press 2011. Visit him at http://www.lalomadelviento.com.
source:
Spriggs, Bianca Lynne, and Jeremy Paden, editors. “Biographies.” Black Bone: 25 Years of the Affrilachian Poets, University Press of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 2017, pp. 151–156.
