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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== | ||
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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|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 }} | ||
==References== | ==References== |
Revision as of 15:30, 17 July 2023
Date of birth | December 26, 1985 |
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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
Further reading
- "Poet's Sampler: Raquel Salas Rivera". Boston Review. 20 September 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "About Raquel Salas Rivera". Academy of American Poets. Archived from the original on 17 July 2023. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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