Raquel Salas Rivera
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| 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. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
References
- ↑ Compton, Julie (12 October 2017). "Couple raises thousands for LGBTQ hurricane survivors in Puerto Rico". NBC News. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ↑ Timpane, John (8 January 2018). "Meet Philadelphia's new poet laureate, Raquel Salas Rivera: Poet, migrant, bridge-builder". The Inquirer. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
- ↑ "About Raquel Salas Rivera". Academy of American Poets. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
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