Willie Perdomo is one of the new voices to emerge from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Perdomo's poetry meets at the intersection of the street and the academy. In a powerful mix of love and fear, rage and tenderness, verse and prose, the poet invites us to "hang out" in the 'hood as he bears witness to life in East Harlem. Perdomo's poetry is a raw slice of street served on a fused platter of salsa and hip-hop, Black Spanglish, letters and songs, invoking prophets, saints, poets, hustlers, basketball legends.