When hotness was newness


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The poet is responsible for inventing the newness. The newness needs words, words never heard before or used before. The poet has to invent a new language, a new tradition of communication.
Miguel Algarín from the introduction of Nuyorican Poetry: An Anthology of Puerto Rican Words and Feelings


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