Latine Poets – Biographical and Critical Sources

“2021 Population Profile of Puerto Ricans in the City of Hartford, Connecticut.” UConn Puerto Rican Studies Initiative. Accessed May 23, 2025. https://puerto-rican-studies-initiative-clas.media.uconn.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/3555/2023/08/UConnPRSI_CTDash_HartfordCity_2021.pdf

“About.” Leani M. Lopez. Accessed May 31, 2025. https://www.leanilopez.com/about.

“About Me.” Shakira Perez. Accessed May 31, 2025. https://www.shakiraperez.com/about.

“Background.” Hartford Immigrant Welcoming Project. Accessed June 5, 2025. https://action-lab.org/immigrant-welcoming/background/.

Bessy Reyna. Accessed May 1, 2025. https://bessyreyna.com/.

“A Decade of Change: Puerto Rican Politics in Harford, Connecticut, 1969-1979.” José E. Cruz. Journal of American Ethnic History, Vol. 16. No 3 (Spring, 1997), pp. 45-80.

“Faculty profile: Diana Aldrete.” Accessed May 31, 2025. https://internet3.trincoll.edu/facProfiles/Default.aspx?fid=1480218.

“Forage.” Caycedo-Kimura, Luisa. All Were Limones. S.I.: Hilary Tham Capital Collection, 2025.

“Grace Figueroa ‘Poeticsouldier’ Bio.” NBMAA. Accessed May 31, 2025. https://nbmaa.org/grace-figueroa-poeticsouldier-bio.

“Hartford Yard Goats Promotions.” MiLB.com. Accessed June 5, 2025. https://www.milb.com/hartford/tickets/promotions.

“Ines Rivera-Prosdocimi.” University of Hartford. Accessed April 4, 2025.https://www.hartford.edu/directory/arts-science/rivera-prosdocimi-ines.aspx.

“Libguides: Hartford History Center Exhibits: Puerto Ricans Making Hartford Home.” Puerto Ricans Making Hartford Home – Hartford History Center Exhibits – LibGuides at Hartford Public Library. Accessed June 5, 2025. https://hplct.libguides.com/hhcexhibits/puertoricanhartford.

Luisa Caycedo-Kimura. Accessed April 12, 2025. https://luisacaycedokimura.com/.

“Lunch Walk.” Reyna, Bessy. She Remembers. Hartford, CT: Andrew Mountain Press, 1997.

“Puerto Rican Day Parade 2025 – September 21st, 2025.” CICD Hartford PR Parade. Accessed June 5, 2005. https://www.hartfordprparade.com/en/events/parade.
Robertoalfaro.com. Accessed May 31, 2025. https://robertoalfaro.com/.

“Surrogate Twin” (Published 2019). New York Times. Accessed May 20, 2025, https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/magazine/poem-surrogate-twin.html.

“Unbound.” Shakira Perez. Brave Bird: A Choreopoem. Independently Published. 2021.

Web Resources

LatinoStories.com
CTLatinoNews.com
IdentidadLatina.com