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Noel Quiñones is a queer, Nuyorican poet. Their debut poetry collection Orange will be published by CavanKerry Press in 2026. Born and raised in the Bronx, New York, they are the recipients of fellowships from CantoMundo and Poets House. Quiñones teaches and lives in Chicago.
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.
Denice Frohman is a queer Nuyorican poet, the daughter of Puerto Rican and Jewish parents.
