Jack Agüeros

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Jack Agüeros

Born 1934
East Harlem
Occupation USA
Genres poetry

Jack Agüeros (born 1934 in East Harlem) is a community activist, poet, writer, and translator. He is also a former Director of the Museo del Barrio in New York City.

Agüeros's "work deals with the complexities, challenges, and struggles of the Puerto Rican experience in America."[1]

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[edit] Publications

  • Lord, Is This a Psalm? (Hanging Loose Press, 2002)
  • Sonnets from the Puerto Rican (1996)
  • Dominoes & Other Stories from the Puerto Rican (1993)
  • Correspondence Between Stonehaulers (1991)
  • Editor, Immigrant Experience: The Anguish of Becoming American (Dial, 1992)
  • Translator, Song of the Simple Truth: The Complete Poems of Julia de Burgos (Curbstone Press, 1996)

[edit] See also

Literature Portal
Puerto Rico Portal

[edit] References

  1. ^ Poets.org

[edit] External links

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