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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}}</ref>
    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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205210845/https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/couple-raises-thousands-lgbtq-hurricane-survivors-puerto-rico-n810161 |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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}}</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>
    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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221206055016/https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/meet-philadelphias-new-poet-laureate-raquel-salas-rivera-poet-migrant-bridge-builder-20180108.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321122218/https://poets.org/poet/raquel-salas-rivera|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref>


    ==Links==
    ==Links==
    *https://twitter.com/rugamarspr
    *https://twitter.com/rugamarspr
    *https://www.raquelsalasrivera.net/
    *https://web.archive.org/web/20200625102453/https://www.raquelsalasrivera.net/


    ==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|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022160607/http://bostonreview.net/poetry/raquel-salas-rivera-carmen-gimenez-smith-poets-sampler-raquel-salas-rivera |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}


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    Latest revision as of 22:31, 13 August 2024

    Raquel Salas Rivera
    Date of birth December 26, 1985
    Place of birth Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
    Nationality Puerto Rican
    Gender identity nonbinary
    Occupation poet

    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.[1]

    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.[2] As of 2020, Raquel currently lives in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico.[3]

    Links[edit | edit source]

    Further reading[edit | edit source]

    • "Poet's Sampler: Raquel Salas Rivera". Boston Review. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2020.

    References[edit | edit source]

    1. Compton, Julie (12 October 2017). "Couple raises thousands for LGBTQ hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico". NBC News. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
    2. Timpane, John (8 January 2018). "Meet Philadelphia's new poet laureate, Raquel Salas Rivera: Poet, migrant, bridge-builder". The Inquirer. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
    3. "About Raquel Salas Rivera". Academy of American Poets. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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