urayoannoel.com

                                               

  “home of the I-tinny-R-A-N-T”

 

 

                 (“ooh-rah-yo-AAN     

 know-L”)

 

 

 

Urayoán Noel is the author of Kool Logic / La lógica kool (Bilingual Press; A 2006 books of the year Selection by El nuevo díA) and Boringkén (Ediciones Callejón/la tertulia, 2008). other works include the artist’s book las flores del mall (2000) and various text-sound collaborations with composer Monxo lópez, some of which are featured on the dvd Kool Logic Sessions (Bilingual Press) and on the cd included with Boringkén.

 

 

He has performed nationally and internationally both as a solo artist and, since 2003, as part of spanic attack [see here for a list], and his articles, interviews, reviews, and translations of Latin American and Latino Poets have appeared in bomb; Rain Taxi; Mandorla; Teachers and Writers; and CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies.

 

 

Originally from San Juan, Puerto Rico, he divides his time between albany and the Bronx, NY, and teaches literature and creative writing at the university at albany (suny).

 

 

 

personal info:

 

full name: tomÁs urayoÁn noel martÍnez

 

date of birth: april 12, 1976

 

education:          

 

A) Universidad de puerto rico, rÍo piedras (b.A., ENGLISH, 1998)

B) STANFORD UNIVERSITY, CA (M.A., SPANISH, 1999)

C) NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, NY (PH.d., SPANISH, expected 2008)  

                            

 

Selected Journals and periodicals:

 

Aullido (Spain); Boog City; Brooklyn Rail; caudal (dominican republic); Hostos Review; Katatay (Argentina); Long Shot; Lost and Found Times; Mudfish; New York Quarterly; Pavement Saw; Rattapallax; and assorted journals/periodicals in puerto rico [see samples for online publications]                                                                                                                                            

 

Selected Anthologies:

 

The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry (Univ. of Arizona, 2007); Los nuevos caníbales v.2: antología de la más reciente poesía del Caribe hispano (Isla Negra Eds., 2003); and various anthologies of contemporary puerto rican poetry

 

 

affiliations:

 

board member: spanic attack; acentos foundation; latino poetry review

 

member: pen american center; latino artists round table; awP; MLA.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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