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Poet and visual artist, Sandra
María Esteves, known as The Godmother of
Nuyorican Poetry, has published several collections of poetry which
include: DivaNations (self-published,
a cappella, audio cd, 2010); Wildflowers
(self-published, a cappella, audio cd, 2009); Portal (self-published,
Limited Editions Press, 2007); Poems In
Concert (self-published, Air Loom Publications, 2006); Finding Your Way, Poems for Young Folks (self-published, No Frills
Publications, 1999); Contrapunto In the
Open Field (self-published, No Frills Publications, 1998); Undelivered Love Poems (self-published,
No Frills Publications, 1997); Bluestown
Mockingbird Mambo (Arte Público Press, 1990); Tropical Rain: A Bilingual Downpour (self-published, African
Caribbean Poetry Theater, 1984); and Yerba
Buena (Greenfield Review Press, 1980; selected Best Small Press 1981 by the Library Journal).
One of the first Dominican Boricua
Nuyorican women to publish a recognized volume of poetry in the United States,
she is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships including: a Pregones Theater/NEA Master Artist Award,
2010; the Con Tinta Award from the
Acentos Poetry Collective, 2007; Poet
Honoree from Universes Poetic
Theater Ensemble Company, 2006; The Owen
Vincent Dodson Memorial Award For Poetry from Blind Beggar Press, 2002; Arts Review Honoree from the Bronx
Council on the Arts, 2001; The Edgar
Allan Poe Literary Award from the Bronx Historical Society, 1992; and a Poetry Fellowship from the New York
Foundation for the Arts in 1985, among others.
Sandra was
formerly the Executive Director/Producer of the African Caribbean Poetry
Theater, where she produced several seasons of full-length, staged, equity
showcase, off-Broadway plays, touring productions, multimedia spoken word
performances, poetry series, theater workshops and publications.
Her
poems have appeared in: The
Afro-Latin@ Reader, History and
Culture In the United States, Ed. by Miriam Jiménez and Juan
Flores, Duke University Press, 2010 • Let
Loose On the World: Celebrating Amiri Baraka at 75, The Amiri Baraka
Commemoration Committee, 2009 • African Voices,
Fall/Winter 2007, Vol. 12, Issue 23 •
Understanding the Latina/o Experience in the United States: Readings in Ethnic
Studies; John Jay College of Criminal Justice; Pearson Education Company;
2007 • Latino Boom, An Anthology
of U.S. Latino Literature, Pearson Education, Inc., www.ablongman.com, 2006
• The Heath Anthology of American
Literature, Vol E, Contemporary Period 1945 to the Present, Houghton
Mifflin Co., 2006 • Red Hot Salsa,
Bilingual Poems on Being Young and Latino in the United States, Henry Holt
and Company, 2005 • U.S. Latino
Literature Today, Pearson Education, Inc., 2005 • Approaching Literature in the 21st Century, Bedford/St. Martin’s,
2005 • Puerto Rican Music and Dance:
RicanStructing Roots/Routes, Part II, Centro Journal Vol. XVI, No. 2,
Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños, Hunter College/CUNY, 2004 • Latino Studies Journal, Vol. 2, Issue 2,
Ed. by Suzanne Oboler, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, www.palgrave-journals.com,
2004 • Riding Low on the Streets of Gold,
Latino Literature for Young Adults, Ed. by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Piñata
Books/Arte Publico Press/University of Houston, 2003 • Almost a Woman web site for Exxon-Mobil Masterpiece Theater
American Collection, WGBH/Boston, 2002 • Herencia:
The Anthology of Hispanic Literature of the United States, Ed. by Nicolás
Kanellos, Oxford University Press, 2002 • The
Prentice Hall Anthology of Latino Literature, Prentice Hall/Pearson
Education Inc., 2002 • Bum Rush the Page,
Three Rivers Press/Crown Publishing Group, 2001 • Glencoe Literature, The Reader’s Choice: American Literature,
Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, 2000 • Hispanic
American Literature, NTC Publishing Group, 1998 • El Coro, A Chorus of Latino and Latina Poetry, University of
Massachusetts Press, 1997 • In Other
Words, Literature by Latinas of the United States, Arte Publico Press, 1994
• Unsettling America, An Anthology of
Contemporary Multicultural Poetry, Penguin Books, 1994 • Aloud, Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe,
Henry Holt and Co., 1994, and others.
Ms. Esteves has presented her work
at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian, the Kennedy Center,
the Public Theater, and at major universities and educational institutions
across the country. A teaching artist for over thirty years, she has conducted
literary programs for the New York City Board of Education, Teachers & Writers
Collaborative, the Bronx Council on the Arts, the Caribbean Cultural Center and
El Museo del Barrio, among others. Today, she continues creating art,
presenting poetry readings, producing/directing spoken-word collaborations and
teaching creative writing workshops.
Sandra believes that creativity is
the antithesis to violence. Her writings focus on transformation and
empowerment through reflection and analysis of real life issues. She draws on
her wealth of literary form, wordplay, structure and history.
For more info contact Sandra at estevessan121@gmail.com.
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