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    THE AGE OF REVISION: A Book of Poetry by Molina Speaks
    THE AGE OF REVISION: A Book of Poetry by Molina Speaks
    THE AGE OF REVISION: A Book of Poetry by Molina Speaks
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    THE AGE OF REVISION: A Book of Poetry by Molina Speaks

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    The Age of Revision was self-published in 2008 by the poet and performing artist Molina Speaks. Equally influenced by hip-hop and classic Latin American poetry, this Collection is about identity and transformation, systemic violence, love, cultural shifts, and spirits. Poems like "No More Heroes" strike at the underpinnings of constructed reality. The "Letters to the Moon" will make you fall in love.

    Molina has been known by many artist names, including Molina Soleil at the time he published "The Age of Revision". He has been booked to speak and perform all over the country, and his music is featured in the documentary film Papers, which has screened in all 50 states. Molina’s art and music explore identity transformation and cultural transmission; time and space; relationships and sensuality; history and futurism; race, class and gender justice; youth advocacy and immigrants’ rights; cyborg technology and food justice. For more info visit www.molinaspeaks.com.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMolina Speaks
    Release dateMay 9, 2013
    ISBN9781301735662
    THE AGE OF REVISION: A Book of Poetry by Molina Speaks
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    Molina Speaks

    Molina Speaks As a professional artist, Molina Speaks has released several poetry collections and nearly a dozen music projects, spanning the genres of Hip-Hop, Latino, Jazz and Spoken Word, Experimental, Soul, and Protest Music. Molina has shared the stage with artists such as Lupe Fiasco, Saul Williams, Abiodun Oyewole of the Last Poets, Les Nubians, the Flobots and Dead Prez. His subject matter explores identity transformation and cultural transmission; time and space; history and futurism; race, class and gender justice; youth advocacy and immigrants’ rights; cyborg technology and food justice. Molina has enjoyed artist residencies with the National Hispanic Cultural Center, the Mizel Museum, Colorado Academy, Stanly British Primary School, and many public schools in Colorado and New Mexico. He has accepted invitations to perform and lecture at dozens of colleges, including Columbia University, UC Davis, CU Boulder, University of New Mexico, and Washington State University. Molina has collaborated with the Denver Spirituals Project, Flobots.org, Su Teatro, Café Cultura, Café Nuba, the Growhaus, Servicios de la Raza, and the Denver Public Library, among other organizations and institutions. The artist has drawn attention and praise from The Denver Post, Denver Westword, Colorado Music Buzz and other publications. His original music is featured in the film Papers, a documentary about undocumented youth, which has screened in all 50 states. For more information visit www.MolinaSpeaks.com.

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      THE AGE OF REVISION - Molina Speaks

      The Age of Revision

      by Molina Speaks

      Originally published as Molina Soleil: The Age of Revision

      First printing self-published by Adrian H. Molina

      Copyright December 2008

      Cover design by Jesus Mendez

      Cover photo by Quintin Davis

      Released online May 2013

      Contact: molina@molinaspeaks.com

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your enjoyment. Please share with others who may enjoy this book. You are not restricted from printing copies or emailing copies to others. Please consider sharing this E-Book with friends and networks. Suggest that people purchase the book or Molina Speaks' music. Thank you for supporting and respecting the work of this Author. . Your time and energy are valued.

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      Molina Speaks

      Website: www.molinaspeaks.com

      Blog: www.theartistlens.com

      Discography: www.molina.bandcamp.com

      Facebook: www.facebook.com/molinaspeaksmusic

      Twitter: www.twitter.com/molinaspeaks

      Table of Contents:

      Forward

      Chapter I: Selected Poems, 2001-2008

      Rebels Saga

      Being Brown

      College Graduation

      Young Brown Poet

      A Reflection of Justice

      October Myst

      Revisionist Mantra

      No More Heroes

      Sea of Glass

      Goddess Mantra

      Chapter II: The Age of Revision, November 2008

      The Christening

      Recognition in an Age of Revision

      Letters to the Moon (i)

      Letters to the Moon (ii)

      Letters to the Moon (iii)

      Letters to the Moon (iv)

      Letters to the Moon (v)

      Tomorrow Begins Today

      The Times

      The Becoming

      Epilogue

      This collection of poems is dedicated to a sparkling blue moon.

      To the flying ahead…

      Forward

      Literature, poetry, music, the art of performance: all matters of who we are. Conceptions of self and community are everything. We are who we are because of the way we see ourselves, as well as our perceived connection (or lack thereof) to our planet and fellow companion species.

      This book of poems is about identity, journey, self-discovery, and arrival. The first section consists of selected poems from 2001 through summer 2008. Young Brown Poet, October Myst and Sea of Glass appear as music tracks on my debut album Up Before the Sunrise (2008, CHiTT Productions).

      SELECTED POEMS: 2001 – 2008 begins with reflections on personal identity struggles and then moves into meditations on broader social justice issues and more abstract conceptions of self, time, and space. The ordering of these poems reflects my ongoing growth as a writer, stylistically and thematically.

      The second section, MOLINA SOLEIL: THE AGE OF REVISION, contains portions of a body of work I wrote in November 2008 while traveling alone in Europe. I wrote these poems during a profound moment of transcendence in my life. These poems reflect a fresh direction for me as an emcee, poet, and performance artist, and also as a human being.

      My pen has waited patiently to write these new poems. I believe in them, because these poems are stories of suns, moons, and earths. These poems are star poems. Poems of love, light, and inspiration. These are OUR poems. I am grateful for the opportunity to reflect them back unto you.

      Molina Soleil, December 2008

      I: Selected Poems

      2001 – 2008

      Rebel’s Saga

      2005

      We smoke spliffs.

      We cut school.

      We drink

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