Letras Boricua
Dahlma Llanos Figueroa
Afro-Puerto Rican novelist, PEN finalist, 2021 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow, and Letras Boricua Fellow who grounds her work on Puerto Rican communities on the island and in NYC. New book out via Amistad Books.
Letras Boricuas is a new fellowship bringing together Puerto Rican writers on the archipelago and across the US diaspora. Am excited to be one of the 20 amazing writers who’ll make up the first class of the new Letras Boricuas Fellowship!
Find more about the other fellows at mellon.org/news-blog/articles/mellon-and-flamboyan-announce-letras-boricuas/
Congratulations to all the awardees: Mrinali álvarez Astaciom, Mercy Romero, Vanessa Mártir, Xavier Valcárcel, Yara Liceaga Rojas, Amina Lolita Gautier, Cezanne Cardona, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa, Francisco Font Acevedo, Juanluís Ramos, Luis Negrón, Manolo Nú?ez Negrón, Sergio Gutiérrez, Amanda Hernández, Carmen R. Marín, Francisco Félix?, Jonatan María Reyes, María Teresa Fernández Rosario - Mariposa?, Martín Espada, and Mónica A. Jiménez.
Doctor en Ciencias (PhD) Literarias
3 年Felicidades, Dahlma!