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PBS REJECTS LATINO COMMUNITY’S DEMANDS FOR INCLUSION PBS President Kreger Defends Ken Burn’s Exclusion of Latinos from WWII Documentary In a March 13th letter to Latino community representatives, Paula Kerger, President and CEO of the Public Broadcasting System (PBS), rejected the demand that PBS delay the release of Ken Burns’ 7-part WWII documentary, until it is re-edited to include the Latino experience. “This is unacceptable and an insult to the hundreds of thousands of Latino veterans who served in World War II,” responded Professor Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez of the University of Texas at Austin and one of the leaders of the Defend the Honor Campaign that met with Kerger last week to discuss the issue. The Ken Burns documentary, which is scheduled to air in late September, has been the target of mounting criticism in the Latino community because of its exclusion of the experience of Latinos. The 14-hour series was six years in the making. “How is it possible, that in...

Community Calendar Tuesday, March 27th @ 6:30 pm SHARP! ACENTOS FOURTH ANNIVERSARY SHOW Extended Open Mic Showcase and Featured Poet Sandra Maria Esteves Acentos will blow the doors off the place in grand style with a grand pionera poet: Sandra Maria Esteves, whose work is often cited among the most important voices of modern Puerto Rican literature. She is the author of Bluestown Mockingbird Mambo and Yerba Buena, and has received numerous awards and grants, including a NYFA fellowship. But a warning to our patrons: last year, the crowd exceeded 150, so if you're down to read with us, then GET THERE ON TIME for the 6:30 pm sign-up. The extended open mic session starts at 7 pm SHARP. No kidding, people. Poets from our series past, present, and future are expected to read, so come down and see what this show is all about. And as always, don't be afraid to bring that new stuff! The Bruckner Bar and Grill 1 Bruckner Boulevard (Corner of 3rd Ave), Bronx 6 Train to 138th Street Stat...

Moonlight Castle Originally uploaded by quinonesanibal . San Felipe del Morro San Juan, Puerto Rico photo by quinonesanibal Check out more of his work in the Puerto Rico Sun group at flickr.

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Latest Nuyorican Poetry Filled with Flair and Rhythm Review: 'Hypocrisy Held Hostage' by Jose Angel Figueroa By Robert Waddell Jose Angel Figueroa’s newest book of poetry, “Hypocrisy Held Hostage” is a collection of early and newer work by one of the original Nuyorican Poets. Figueroa, on the page and on the stage, has always had a flair for the dramatic, but his poetry here captures the rapturous rhythms of nature. Figueroa proves that he was listening to the sounds around him as well as to his own heart beat. For example, in the poem “I Saw Puerto Rico Once,” he writes “I came from the nest/all birds thought they could find/where the grass spreads/across the common/and the roots of trees/the earth of roads/and the water of rivers/longed my thoughts/to come home again.” As in many poems, Figueroa shows his respect and reverence for nature and that he is from a pastoral Puerto Rican land. Like much of original Nuyorican poetry, the images are full of desire, passion and some no...

Honoring Julia Originally uploaded by clarisel . Coming soon on PRSUN TV Recently E. 106 Street in East Harlem was co-named in honor of the late Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos. PRSUN TV was there for the community celebration.