Jesus-Papoleto Melendez

Jesus-Papoleto Melendez. Actor: The Good Nurse. Jesús Papoleto Meléndez is a Puerto Rican poet and playwright from El Barrio, East Harlem, and one of the original-founding members of the literary and cultural "Nuyorican Poets'" movement, initiated in the late 1960's. His play, "The Junkies Stole the Clock" 1974, was the first production of the Nuyorican Playwright's Unit at Joseph Papp's Public Theatre/New York Shakespeare Festival. Meléndez is the author of...