Speaking Boricua

This is one of my favorite poems by Julia de Burgos; I think the reason behind that statement should be clear. If you need a translation, th...

Rather than continuing to talk about reggaetón and the election (everyone did see that Calle 13 and Tego are endorsing Rogelio Figueroa and ...

I was looking for a copy of this poem online before and I could never find it. So, for the sake of the internet, here is "Después"...

Because I can. And because I think this poem is quite important still today. Pueblo ¡Piedad, Señor, piedad para mi pobre pueblo...

Yesterday we took a short field trip to Río Piedras so I could go book-shopping. I'm a closet voracious reader and the only way to get b...

Como yo lo veo, nuestra isla es como una novia siempre a punto de casarse. Si algún día Puerto Rico escoge ser un estado de la Unión, tendrá...

As promised , here are my thoughts on When I Was a Puerto Rican by Esmeralda Santiago... Ms. Santiago opens up the book talking about the g...

Puerto Rico is the perfect place to lie out on the beach and do some summer reading. First off, it's a tiny island with a great number ...

I just wanted to mention that I wrote a review of a book called "Puerto Rican Poetry: An Anthology from Aboriginal to Contemporary Time...

Heads up! From the 24th to the 28th Puerto Rico will be hosting a poetry festival featuring high-profile poets from all over Latin America ....

So, now equipped with proper vocabulary , I'd like to share this poem with you. It's by Luis Palés Matos, one of Puerto Rico's m...

Today is the birthday of Julia de Burgos, one of Puerto Rico's most important and famous writers . While she lived a short and tragic li...