Literati Boricua
Thursday, August 15, 2013

Dispatch from Bread Loaf Mountain

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Michael Collier, in 1981, phoned the woman who was to become his wife, excited to share every single hour of the forty-eight he had ex...
Wednesday, September 26, 2012

The Decisive Act: On Orwell, Arizona, and 50 For Freedom

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They didn't show up, and I shouldn't be surprised.  A press release was generated, an email address and phone number was distr...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Counterspell: 50 For Freedom of Speech/NYC, in protest of the banning of books in Arizona

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If you're not familiar with the story in Arizona, then take a few minutes to get educated: From Barbara Norell, on January 17th, 20...
Friday, August 24, 2012

The Poem Comes Back...

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Not even twelve hours later, the poem came back to me, courtesy of T. Rasul Murray. My recollection was a little off, but not the ...

Damn Near

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My job is to make her laugh at the most inappropriate times possible.  That's how we  always understand it, whether it...
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Thursday, August 23, 2012

I Want To Write Poems.

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Look.  I wanted to write a complete, full-blown thesis on factionalism within American literature.  But then I got to thinking, th...
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Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Mantra:

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"I bless you in the name of all that is good and strong and beautiful, Antonio. Always have the strength to live. Love life, and if ...
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Rich Villar
New Jerseyish, United States
Rich Villar is the author of the poetry collection Comprehending Forever (Willow Books, 2014). He directs Acentos, an organization fostering audiences and community around Latino/a literature, and he has been quoted on Latino literature and culture by The New York Times and the Daily News.
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