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  1. Miguel Antonio Gomez Piñero (peen-YEHR-oh) is an important member of the Nuyorican (New York and Puerto Rican) literary and political movement that crystallized in the late 1960’s and early...

  2. Miguel Piñero (December 19, 1946 – June 16, 1988) was a Puerto Rican born American playwright, actor and co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was a leading member of the Nuyorican literary movement .

  3. Piñero died in 1988. The film Piñero (2001), directed by Leon Ichaso and starring Benjamin Bratt, is about Piñero's life. Miguel Piñero was a playwright, actor, and cofounder of the Nuyorican Poets Café with Miguel Algarín, Pedro Pietri, and others. Born in Gurabo, Puerto….

  4. Mar 9, 2024 · Short Eye is a story concerning a cellblock terrified into a murderous and hostile anger situation by the influx of a white man accused of molesting a young one sexually. To such Puerto Rican and black convicts, this crime is an unpardonable sin. The man immediately gets ostracized, making it fairly vibrant that people will not accept the man.

  5. Miguel Piñero was a playwright, poet, and actor, most recognized for his groundbreaking play Short Eyes. His work emerged during the Nuyorican literary movement, which flourished in the 1970s and 1980s. Piñero's writing remains relevant today for its unflinching portrayal of the realities of marginalized communities, particularly the ...

  6. Apr 30, 2021 · From outlaw to poet to playwright, Miguel Piñero’s life and work is a must-read and you can listen to over 35 of Piñero’s poems, some previously unpublished, and 10 of his plays, including the esteemed Short Eyes, here on Abantu Audio.

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  8. May 23, 2021 · In describing Miguel Piñero’s creative mind, one cannot avoid referring to his self-indulgent, self-destructive precarious life at the edge of the law, and the ways in which his father abandonment affected his childhood. As an adolescent, he was a gang leader whose criminal behavior landed him in prison by the time he was only 13 years old.

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