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‘Bushwick Bohemia Beat Poetry’ Will Highlight the Writing of Bushwick Natives and Residents

Emanuel Xavier, noted Bushwick poet, kicks off the monthly series.

By Magdalena Waz

June 26, 2017 · 3 min read

‘Bushwick Bohemia Beat Poetry’ Will Highlight the Writing of Bushwick Natives and Residents
  Boy Running on Palmetto Street Bushwick, Brooklyn, June 1985 Photograph © Meryl Meisler 1985 (merylmeisler.com)
Arts & Culture

‘Bushwick Bohemia Beat Poetry’ Will Highlight the Writing of Bushwick Natives and Residents

Emanuel Xavier, noted Bushwick poet, kicks off the monthly series.

· 3 min read
‘Bushwick Bohemia Beat Poetry’ Will Highlight the Writing of Bushwick Natives and Residents

Bushwick-born poet, Emanuel Xavier, will be curating a monthly feature exclusively for Bushwick Daily featuring poems by local Bushwick residents and/or natives. Poems can be about anything (not exclusive to Bushwick) but contributors must currently live within the Bushwick area or have been born and/or raised in the neighborhood.

Today, Xavier kicks off the series with his poem “Runaway.” He is the author of poetry collections “Radiance,” “Nefarious,” “If Jesus Were Gay,” “Americano,” “Pier Queen,” and the novel “Christ…

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