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'''Raquel Salas Rivera''' is a bilingual Puerto Rican poet who writes in Spanish and English, focusing on the experience of being a migrant to the United States, the colonial status of Puerto Rico, and of being a queer Puerto Rican and Philadelphian of nonbinary gender. | '''Raquel Salas Rivera''' is a bilingual Puerto Rican poet who writes in Spanish and English, focusing on the experience of being a migrant to the United States, the colonial status of Puerto Rico, and of being a queer Puerto Rican and Philadelphian of nonbinary gender. | ||
On October 1 2017, Raquel and partner Allison Harris launched the Emergency Relief Fund for LGBTQ Boricuas, a campaign to help LGBTQ hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico.<ref name="Compton">{{Cite web |title=Couple raises thousands for LGBTQ hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico |last=Compton |first=Julie |work=NBC News |date=12 October 2017 |access-date=15 May 2020 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/couple-raises-thousands-lgbtq-hurricane-survivors-puerto-rico-n810161 | On October 1 2017, Raquel and partner Allison Harris launched the Emergency Relief Fund for LGBTQ Boricuas, a campaign to help LGBTQ hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico.<ref name="Compton">{{Cite web |title=Couple raises thousands for LGBTQ hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico |last=Compton |first=Julie |work=NBC News |date=12 October 2017 |access-date=15 May 2020 |url= https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/couple-raises-thousands-lgbtq-hurricane-survivors-puerto-rico-n810161}}</ref> | ||
Raquel has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory from the University of Pennsylvania and was selected as the fourth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia in 2018.<ref name="Timpane">{{Cite web |title=Meet Philadelphia's new poet laureate, Raquel Salas Rivera: Poet, migrant, bridge-builder |last=Timpane |first=John |work=The Inquirer |date=8 January 2018 |access-date=15 May 2020 |url= https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/meet-philadelphias-new-poet-laureate-raquel-salas-rivera-poet-migrant-bridge-builder-20180108.html | Raquel has a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature and Literary Theory from the University of Pennsylvania and was selected as the fourth Poet Laureate of Philadelphia in 2018.<ref name="Timpane">{{Cite web |title=Meet Philadelphia's new poet laureate, Raquel Salas Rivera: Poet, migrant, bridge-builder |last=Timpane |first=John |work=The Inquirer |date=8 January 2018 |access-date=15 May 2020 |url= https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/meet-philadelphias-new-poet-laureate-raquel-salas-rivera-poet-migrant-bridge-builder-20180108.html}}</ref> As of 2020, Raquel currently lives in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.<ref name="AAP">{{Cite web |title=About Raquel Salas Rivera |author= |work=Academy of American Poets |date= |access-date=15 May 2020 |url= https://poets.org/poet/raquel-salas-rivera}}</ref> | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
*{{Cite web |title=Poet's Sampler: Raquel Salas Rivera |author= |work=Boston Review |date=20 September 2017 |access-date=15 May 2020 |url= https://bostonreview.net/poetry/raquel-salas-rivera-carmen-gimenez-smith-poets-sampler-raquel-salas-rivera | *{{Cite web |title=Poet's Sampler: Raquel Salas Rivera |author= |work=Boston Review |date=20 September 2017 |access-date=15 May 2020 |url= https://bostonreview.net/poetry/raquel-salas-rivera-carmen-gimenez-smith-poets-sampler-raquel-salas-rivera}} | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||