Smoking Lovely - by Willie Perdomo (Paperback)

Smoking Lovely is a foundational text of anti-gentrification Nuyorican literature, inspiring a whole generation of poets in their attempts to survive and subvert the neoliberal city.

With a devastating and streetwise voice, Perdomo examines addiction, poverty, class and racial identity, love and recovery in a collection that sings, howls, and heals with a sad and searing wisdom akin to genius.

This book is a necessary and insistent voice in the current American literary scene and will leave readers with a newfound appreciation for the power of poetry to confront and subvert the neoliberal city.