Poet and writer Miguel Algarín was born in Puerto Rico and raised in a culturally-minded household before moving to Manhattan in the early 1950s.

Miguel Algarín Jr. (11 September 1941 – 30 November 2020) was a Puerto Rican poet, writer, co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café, and a Rutgers University ...

Miguel Algarín was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, on September 11, 1941. When he was nine years old, he moved with his family to New York City.

Aug 6, 2023 · Learn about poet, scholar, and mentor Miguel Algarín who helped to popularize spoken work ...
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Miguel was a brilliant poet, an influential professor and leader, and a supportive mentor who inspired and guided generations of artists.

Dec 4, 2020 · Miguel Algarín, a poet and driving force behind the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, a performance space on the Lower East Side of Manhattan that since ...

Founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café and chronicler of the Nuyorican Literary Movement, Miguel Algarín was a writer, editor and a professor of English ...

Poet and writer Miguel Algarín was born in Puerto Rico and raised in a culturally-minded household before moving to Manhattan in the early 1950s.

After Miguel Piñero died on June 14, 1988, Algarín led a grand procession in which Piñero's ashes were scattered across his beloved Lower East Side.

Miguel Algarín was an award-winning Puerto Rican poet, writer, professor, and cofounder of the Nuyorican Poets Café in New York City's Lower East Side. Through ...