Interview with Raquel Salas Rivera

Waves Breaking

This month I speak with Raquel Salas Rivera from their residence in Puerto Rico.

Raquel Salas Rivera es una poeta, traductora, ensayista y educadora puertorriqueña que vive y trabaja en Filadelfia. Ha publicado poemas, traducciones y ensayos en numerosas revistas y antologías; también ha publicado cuatro libros de poesía: Caneca de anhelos turbios (2011), oropel/tinsel (2016), huequitos/holies (2016) y tierra intermitente (2017). En el 2018, publicará el libro lo terciario/the tertiary con Timeless, Infinite Light. Actualmente, es editora contribuyente y traductora para The Wanderer. Si para Roque Dalton no existe revolución sin poesía, para Raquel no existe poesía sin Puerto Rico. Puedes aprender más sobre su trabajo si visitas raquelsalasrivera.com.

Raquel Salas Rivera is a Puerto Rican poet, translator, essayist, and educator living and working in Philadelphia. They have published poetry, translations, and essays in numerous anthologies and journals, and as well as four poetry books: Caneca de anhelos turbios (2011), oropel/tinsel (2016), huequitos/holies (2016), and tierra intermitente (2017). In 2018, Timeless, Infinite Light will publish their fifth book, lo terciario/the tertiary. Currently, they are a Contributing Editor at The Wanderer. If for Roque Dalton there is no revolution without poetry, for Raquel there is no poetry without Puerto Rico. You can find out more about their work at raquelsalasrivera.com.

Artists and other things mentioned in this month's episode

• The Wanderer
• César Vallejo
• Ángelamaría Dávila
• Nestor Perlongher
• Lezama Lima
• Severo Sarduy
• Julia de Burgos
• Manuel Ramos Otero
• Los nadaístas
• Quitapon beer
• Pedro Scaron’s El Capital
• PROMESA
• Colette Arrand
• Chloe Rose
• jayy dodd
• RE Katz
• Gaddiel Francisco Ruiz Rivera
• Caleb David Acevedo
• John Paul Kirkland
• Gegman Lee
• Mara Pastor
• Vara Liceaga
• Raquel Albarrán
• Xaviar Valcarcel
• Abdiel Echevarría
• Yolanda Arroyo
• Nicole Delgado
• Charles Theonia
• Jasmine Gibson
• Marc Anthony Richardson (Raquel notes that Year of the Rat was great)
• Angel Dominguez
• Moss Angel Witchmonstr
• Ginger Ko
• Tatiana Luboviski-Acosta
• Gabriel Ojeda Sague
• Kirwyn Sutherland
• CA Conrad
• Sophie Robinson
• José Raúl González (Gallego)

This episode was edited by Mitchel Davidovitz and produced by me.

The Sound of Waves Breaking is of the coquí hanging out at night, found on freesound.org