"When I started writing, there were only two women writers that I knew: Lorraine Sutton and Margie Simmons. There were very few Latinas writing in English... So when I started, I was mainly surrounded by men-Pedro Pietri, Jesus Papoleto Melendez, Lucky Cienfuegos, Miguel Algarín, Miguel Piñero, Tato Laviera. Many of them had books already published. I was like a sponge, absorbing different things from these male contemporaries."
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Poets from the United StatesPlaywrights from the United StatesPeople from San JuanHispanic AmericansAuthors from Puerto Rico
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Sandra María Esteves interview in A Poet's Truth by Bruce Allen Dick
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Tato Laviera
Jesús Abraham "Tato" Laviera (September 5, 1950 – November 1, 2013) was a Hispanic poet and playwright in the United States.
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