From New York to Nashville, Boston to L.A., a bohemian rhapsody of rap swagger is spreading across the land. As the New York Observer writes: The poetry corpse is stirring, its beating heart is a big, dark, brickwalled loft on Third Street and Avenue C called the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Miguel Algarín, one of the Cafes founders, knows theres an urgency among us We must listen to one another. We must respect one anothers habits. And we must share the truth and integrity that the voice of the poet so generously provides.

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