Urayoán Noel is a translator, poet, and critic who is the author of poetry collections, poetry criticism and books. He has received fellowships from the

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, the Bronx Council on the Arts, the Howard Foundation, and

CantoMundo CantoMundo is an American literary organization founded in 2009 to support Latino poets and poetry. It hosts an annual poetry workshop dedicated to the creation, documentation, and critical analysis of Latinx poetry. History CantoMundo was founded ...

(where Noel has been both

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and faculty).

Early life and education

Originally from

San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan ( , ; Spanish for "Saint John the Baptist, John") is the capital city and most populous Municipalities of Puerto Rico, municipality in the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the ...

, he has a PhD (Spanish) from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

, 2008; an M.A. (Spanish) from

Stanford University Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University, is a Private university, private research university in Stanford, California, United States. It was founded in 1885 by railroad magnate Leland Stanford (the eighth ...

, 1999; and a B.A. (English) from Universidad de Puerto Rico.

Career

Noel is an associate professor of English and Spanish at

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. In addition, he is a contributing editor at ''Obsidian: Literature and Arts in the African Diaspora'', ''

NACLA Report on the Americas ''NACLA Report on the Americas'' is a political magazine produced by the North American Congress on Latin America. History The North American Congress on Latin America was founded in November 1966 by leaders of the New Left movement to anal ...

'', and ''Mandorla: New Writing from the Americas'.'' Noel's poetry and criticism is widely published. His work appears in ''Bomb'', ''Contemporary Literature'', ''Lana Turner'', ''Latino Studies'', ''

Small Axe Project The Small Axe Project is an integrated publication undertaking devoted to Caribbean intellectual and artistic work, exercised over three platforms—''Small Axe''; ''sx salon'', and ''sx visualities''—each with a different structure, medium, and ...

'', ''CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies'', ''Revista de Estudios Hispánicos'', ''Liminalities: A Journal of Performance Studies'', ''American Literary History'', and ''

Comparative Literature Studies ''Comparative Literature Studies'' (CLS) is an academic journal in the field of comparative literature. It publishes critical comparative essays on literature, cultural production, the relationship between aesthetics and political thought, and hi ...

''. Noel is the author of several poetry collections, including his debut collection ''Kool Logic/La lógica kool'', ''Boringkén'', ''Hi-Density Politics, and Buzzing Hemisphere/Rumor Hemisférico,'' focused on the "promotion of hemispheric politics and poetics, along with its interrogation of technology's structural and narrative interventions into diasporic cultures.''"'' Critic Kristin Dykstra notes that "Taken collectively the books produce a historic meditation that collides with, and intensifies, the frenetic energies emphasizing the immediacy of urban life." Noel's poetry has been honored with a ''

Library Journal ''Library Journal'' is an American trade publication for librarians. It was founded in 1876 by Melvil Dewey. It reports news about the library world, emphasizing public libraries, and offers feature articles about aspects of professional prac ...

'' Top Fall Indie Poetry selection and a

National Book Critics Circle The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) is an American nonprofit organization (501(c) organization, 501(c)(3)) with more than 700 members. It is the professional association of American book review editors and critics, known primarily for the N ...

Small Press Highlights selection. The author's work as both editor and critic has received numerous plaudits. 2014's ''In Visible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam'' was the winner of the 2015/2016 Best Book Award from the Latino Studies Section of the

Latin American Studies Association The Latin American Studies Association (LASA) is the largest association for scholars of Latin American studies. Founded in 1966, it has over 12,000 members, 45 percent of whom reside outside the United States (36 percent in Latin America and the ...

and received an honorable mention in the MLA Prize in Latina/o and Chicana/o Literary and Cultural Studies. Noel edited and translated

Pablo de Rokha Pablo de Rokha (born Carlos Ignacio Díaz Loyola; 17 October 1894 – 10 September 1968) was a Chilean poet. He won the Chilean Premio Nacional de Literatura de Chile, Premio Nacional de Literatura (National Literature Prize) in 1965 and is c ...

's ''Architecture of Dispersed Life: Selected Poetry'' (Shearsman Books, 2018). This book was later longlisted for the

Best Translated Book Award The Best Translated Book Award was an American literary award that recognized the previous year's best original translation into English, one book of poetry and one of fiction. It was inaugurated in 2008 and was conferred by Three Percent, the onl ...

, sponsored by

Open Letter Books Open Letter Books is an American publishing house based at the University of Rochester in Rochester, New York. It was founded in 2008 by Chad W. Post, the Editor-in-Chief of Dalkey Archive Press. It specializes in translation, a less-populate ...

the University of Rochester The University of Rochester is a private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. It was founded in 1850 and moved into its current campus, next to the Genesee River in 1930. With approximately 30,000 full-time employees, the ...

Personal life

Noel lives in the

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where he was awarded a BRIO fellowship from the Bronx Council on the Arts.

Selected bibliography

Selected poems

Death and Taxesfrom ''Kool Logic'' ( Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, 2005) In the Faraway Suburbsfrom ''Kool Logic'' (

Bilingual Press Bilingual Review Press is an American publishing house specialising in the publication of scholarly and literary works by Hispanic and Latino American authors and researchers. It was founded in 1973 as the publisher of '' The Bilingual Review/La ...

/Editorial Bilingüe, 2005) ode to coffee oda al caféfrom ''

PoetryNow The Poetry Foundation is a United States literary society that seeks to promote poetry and lyricism in the wider culture. It was formed from ''Poetry'' magazine, which it continues to publish, with a 2003 gift of $200 million from philanthrop ...

''(2016) No Longer Odefrom Poem-a-Dayon August 13, 2018, by the

Academy of American Poets The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in the state of New York in 1934. It fosters the readership of poetry through outrea ...

References

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