Books with title The Crazy Bunch

From a prize-winning poet, a new collection that chronicles a weekend in the life of a group of friends coming of age in East Harlem at the dawn of the hip-hop eraWillie Perdomo, a native of East Harlem, has won praise as a hip, playful, historically engaged poet whose restlessly lyrical language mixes "city life with a sense of the transcendent" (NPR.org). In his fourth collection, The Crazy Bunch, Perdomo returns to his beloved neighborhood to create a vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of a "crew" coming of age in East Harlem at the beginning of the 1990s. In poems written in couplets, vignettes, sketches, riffs, and dialogue, Perdomo recreates a weekend where surviving members of the crew recall a series of tragic events: "That was the summer we all tried to fly. All but one of us succeeded."

From a prize-winning poet, a new collection that chronicles a weekend in the life of a group of friends coming of age in East Harlem at the dawn of the hip-hop eraWillie Perdomo, a native of East Harlem, has won praise as a hip, playful, historically engaged poet whose restlessly lyrical language mixes "city life with a sense of the transcendent" (NPR.org). In his fourth collection, The Crazy Bunch, Perdomo returns to his beloved neighborhood to create a vivid, kaleidoscopic portrait of a "crew" coming of age in East Harlem at the beginning of the 1990s. In poems written in couplets, vignettes, sketches, riffs, and dialogue, Perdomo recreates a weekend where surviving members of the crew recall a series of tragic events: "That was the summer we all tried to fly. All but one of us succeeded."

In a small courtyard on the Island of St Kitts, lizards skitter and pigeons perch. There are places for them to hide and leaves to blend in with, but if you are quiet and still and look very carefully you will see them everywhere. Meet Larry, Mr. Green and Percy the stars in The Crumb Bunch. Larry the Lizard has some explaining to do! He wanted to feel special so he told his friend, Mr. Green, a big lie. How can he get Mr. Green's forgiveness? Maybe Percy the pigeon can help mend their friendship and make their group a trio again?

In a small courtyard on the Island of St Kitts, lizards skitter and pigeons perch. There are places for them to hide and leaves to blend in with, but if you are quiet and still and look very carefully you will see them everywhere. Meet Larry, Mr. Green and Percy the stars in The Crumb Bunch. Larry the Lizard has some explaining to do! He wanted to feel special so he told his friend, Mr. Green, a big lie. How can he get Mr. Green's forgiveness? Maybe Percy the pigeon can help mend their friendship and make their group a trio again?