Alejandro Álvarez Nieves

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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. As a translator, he collaborated with the rendering of Ntozake Shange’s Wild Beauty (2018) into Spanish.

Sativa Latitude
By Manolo Núñez Negrón
Autumn 2020
Manolo Núñez Negrón
Castillo San Felipe del Morro / Photo by Terry Ott / Flickr A woman, her caregiver, and a daily walk to the edge of a cliff overlooking an estuary. 1 I’ve told Camándula man…
#PuertoRicoRises
By Alejandro Álvarez Nieves
Autumn 2020
Alejandro Álvarez Nieves
Illustration by Tom Hart / Flickr 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…
To Wash Your Hands
By Arlene Carballo Figueroa
Autumn 2020
Arlene Carballo Figueroa
Image: Tim Mossholder / Unsplash A daughter faces a dilemma when the coronavirus creates an opportunity. When I found out that the virus from China made its way to Puerto Rico, all my fears…