The Acentos Book Prize for Latinx/Latine authors is now accepting manuscripts

The Acentos Book Prize for Latinx/Latine authors is now accepting manuscripts across all genres through the end of July. Prize judge Peggy Robles-Alvarado is excited to read books from you that are “risky, unapologetic storytelling in form, language, and content that doesn’t cater to a limited status quo but instead radically claims and celebrates what […]

AbrazARTE Puerto Rico

The Loisaida, Inc. Center presents, #AbrazARTE at Teatro LATEA: a fundraiser to help people affected by #hurricaneMaria in #PR and in solidarity with the Evento Verde Luz artistic movement. The event consists of an exhibit/art auction, theater, poetry, and music, live-streamed by El Diario newspaper. Saturday, September 30th 5 PM – 11:30 PM Teatro Latea […]

Making New Friends

Making New Friends At An Evening with Maria Aponte and Friends Thursday, July 19th I was one of the featured poets at The East Harlem Café hosted by my friend and fellow writer Maria Aponte, the author of Transitions of a Nuyorican Cinderella. The other featured artists for the evening included the beautiful and extremely […]