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Nancy Mercado is the author of It Concerns the Madness (Long Shot Productions, 2000). Her work has also appeared in numerous anthologies and collections, including Looking In Looking Out Anthology of Latino Poetry (Arte Publico Press, 2013), Me No Habla with Acento: Contemporary Latino Poetry (Rebel Satori Press, 2011), and Poetry After 9/11: An Anthology of New York Poets (Tenth Anniversary Edition; Melville House, 2011). Mercado is currently an editor for Eco-poetry.org and an associate professor in English literature at Boricua College in New York City.
The author of numerous collections of poetry, Adrienne Rich wrote poems examining such things as...
Richard Blanco is the Education Ambassador of the Academy of American Poets. In his role, he...
The 2010 winner of the National Book Award in poetry, Terrance Hayes is the author of five poetry...
Elizabeth Alexander was born in 1962 in Harlem, New York, and grew up in Washington, D.C. She...
Stanley Miller Williams was born in Hoxie, Arkansas, on April 8, 1930. Williams first attended...