A Puerto Rican Poets Fight With Alzheimers – Jack Agüeros
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It should not come as a surprise that Jack Agüeros loves writing psalms. He is, at 73 years old, silver-haired royalty who has inspired, encouraged and defended several generations of poets, artists and all-around dreamers. Like another famous psalmist, he took on Goliath — in his case the administration of Mayor John V. Lindsay, going on a hunger strike to protest the lack of Puerto Ricans in city and state government.
He has even been a shepherd – and not the metaphorical kind. He actually led sheep and camels through East Harlem’s streets during the Three Kings Day parade when he served as the director of El Museo del Barrio in the 1970s.”*
*From: cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com
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