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Denice Frohman is a queer Nuyorican poet, the daughter of Puerto Rican and Jewish parents. The recipient of fellowships and support from CantoMundo, Millay Arts, the Blue Mountain Center, and the National Association of Latino Arts & Cultures, she is a 2022 Pew Fellow and a 2022 Threshold Fellow at the Headlands Center for the Arts. Originally from New York City, she lives in Philadelphia.
Jack Agüeros was born in 1934 in East Harlem.
Poet and playwright Pedro Pietri was a prominent Nuyorican poet and the author of several books of poetry
Victor Hernández Cruz was born in 1949 in Puerto Rico. He is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including Beneath the Spanish (Coffee House Press, 2017).
Sandra María Esteves is the author of Bluestown Mockinbird Mambo (Arte Publico Press, 1990) and Yerba Buena (Greenfield Review, 1980). A member of the Nuyorican movement, she lives in the Bronx.
Miguel Algarín was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, on September 11, 1941. The cofounder of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, he is the author of Survival Superviviencia (Arte Publico Press, 2009).
Giannina Braschi was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is the author of numerous collections of poetry.