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'I believe that the words we use to define ourselves are flexible and aspirational,' says Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, the new president of the Academy of American Poets.

'I believe that the words we use to define ourselves are flexible and aspirational,' says Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, the new president of the Academy of American Poets.

Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, an award-winning poet from Puerto Rico, will begin his new role in July.

Ricardo Alberto Maldonado will become the first Latino to head the Academy of American Poets and will replace Jen Benka and assume his role on July 17th.

Award-winning poet Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, who was born and raised in Puerto Rico, will be the Academy of American Poets' first Latino director and president.

Ricardo Alberto Maldonado will become the almost-90-year-old academy's executive director and president.

Ricardo Alberto Maldonado will become the almost-90-year-old academy's executive director and president.

Ricardo Alberto Maldonado will become the almost-90-year-old academy's executive director and president.

TFANA and Saint Flashlight present The Will of the City, poems inspired by playwright and poet William Shakespeare, launching today and running through the fall. Spotlighting the work of over a dozen writers, this activation will transform the streetside and outdoor screens at Polonsky Shakespeare Center (262 Ashland Place, Brooklyn, NY)—Theatre for a New Audience's home in Fort Greene—into a bi-weekly updated anthology of poems inspired by Shakespeare's plays.

The Best Translated Books You Missed in 2020 As we approach the end of 2020, we’ve been speaking with translators, critics, publishers, writers, and booksellers about outstanding books in translation that readers might have missed this year. Read on for recommendations from Daniel Hahn, Maya Jaggi, Meng Jin, Ricardo Alberto Maldonado, Boyd Tonkin, and more.   Ulysses and  Mrs. Dalloway, this book, first published in Hindi in 1963, traces the experiences of a flaneur wandering through...