Perdomo, Willie

Perdomo flowingly records a voyage of reminiscence undertaken with friends to identify and coalesce the crucial aspects of this most memorable place. Highly recommended.

Winner of the PEN Beyond Margins Award, Perdomo portrays percussionist Shorty Bon Bon in charged, edgy poems that have all the shimmer and reverberance of a dance hall, moving from his live studio recordings with a 1970s descarga band, to the smoky passion between him and a singer named Rose, and beyond...