Up Jump the Boogie Home economics A powerful autobiographical novel of

A powerful autobiographical novel of loss

and surprise mirror at the end

You can't run away from who you are

Pocket serves as unofficial mayor of Second Chances Home for the Tossed and Treasured

Sickened by the contamination of their water

Up Jump the Boogie Home economics A powerful autobiographical novel ofBy: John Murillo Published by Four Way Books, 2020 Poetry. African American Studies. Latino Latina Studies. "Up jumps the boogie. That's almost all one needs to say. Murillo is headbreakingly brilliant. I didn't have a favorite poet for this year: Now I do. But with this kind of verve and intelligence and ferocity Murillo just might be a favorite for many years to come." Junot Daz <p> "The feel of now lives in John Murillo's UP JUMP THE BOOGIE, but