This 30-minute lecture offers an outline for analyzing Pietri's famous poem through the themes my Contemporary Urban Writers course focuses on: how writers interact with New York City and describe life there. In this case, I look at the form, content, and context of Pietri's poem as one way to read it as a reflection on the experience of Puerto Ricans arriving in New York. See more at our course website: https://urbanwriterscourse.wordpress.com

Prof. Williams' Lecture on Pedro Pietri's Puerto Rican Obituary

Professor Hank Williams