Alejandro Álvarez Nieves (b. 1976, Río Piedras) is a poet, narrator, and translator. As a poet, he has published El proceso traductor (2012) and Quiebre de armas. “#PuertoRicoRises” is included in its Spanish version in Galería de comandos (2019). As a translator, he collaborated with the rendering of Ntozake Shange’s Wild Beauty (2018) into Spanish.
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After Hurricane Maria, in a hospital with no electrical power, a man seeks medical treatment for his father as the US president visits the city.
“Papi ain’t…
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