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All right, so, I'd like to now
introduce our final reader who

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is also another poet that
I follow very closely,

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and I'm in awe of all of
the work that they do.

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Raquel Salas Rivera,
Mayagüez, 1985,

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is a Puerto Rican poet
translator and editor.

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His honors include being
named the 2018-2019 Poet

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Laureate of Philadelphia,
and receiving the New Voices

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Award from Puerto Rico's
Festival de la Palabra.

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He is the author of five
full-length poetry books.

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His third book, Lo Terciario/
The Tertiary won the Lambda

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Literary Award for
transgender poetry,

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and was longlisted for the
2018 National Book Award.

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His fourth book, While
They Sleep: Under the Bed

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is Another Country was
longlisted for the 2020 PEN

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American Open Book Award, and
was a finalist for CLMP's 2020

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Firecracker Award.

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His fifth book, x/ex/exis, won
the inaugural Ambroggio Prize.

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Ante que isla es volcán/
Before Island is Volcano,

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his sixth book, is an
imaginative leap into Puerto

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Rico's decolonial future, and
is forthcoming from Beacon press

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in 2022.

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He holds a PhD in
comparative literature

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and literary theory at the
University of Pennsylvania.

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This year he joined the board
of directors of a new community

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project for trans and
queer youth, Camp Albizu.

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He is also alongside Raquel
Albarrán and Val Arbonéis

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editing the first anthology
of Puerto Rican trans

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poetry, La Piel Del Arrecife--

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Is that correct?

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Yeah.

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Thank you.

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Published by La
Impresora in 2020.

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Accompanied by his cat, Petri,
he currently writes and teaches

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in Puerto Rico.

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Gracias, Raquel, for
being here with us today.