Broke Baroque

BROKE BAROQUE is the third in a series of Broke Books by award-winning poet, Tony Medina, who articulates Broke's erratic experiences on the streets of AnyCity, USA. With razor-sharp scatological whimsy, Medina's iconic ironic existential everyman - Broke - bears witness to the plight of homelessness from his curbside porch, torching the capitalist system and its myriad societal contradictions. ! rough tall tales, anecdotes, rants and jokes, Medina portrays Broke's anger, fear, humility and resolve that conveys his marginalization in a grossly unaccommodating society. Funny and perversely sharp, whimsical and impassioned, BROKE BAROQUE is compulsively readable and will connect with fiction and poetry lovers alike. Introduction by Ishmael Reed, Cover Art: Jean-Michel Basquiat, Boy and Dog in a Johnnypump, 1982.