Roberto Carlos García

Poet, storyteller, and essayist Roberto Carlos García is a self-described “sancocho […] of provisions from the Harlem Renaissance, the Spanish Poets of 1929, the Black Arts Movement, the Nuyorican School, and the Modernists.” Rigorously interrogative of himself and the world around him, he conveys “nakedness of emotion, intent, and experience, and writes extensively about the Afro-Latinx and Afro-diasporic experience. García is the author of three collections of poetry: Melancolía: Poems (Červená Barva Press, 2016), black / Maybe: An Afro Lyric (Willow Books, 2018), and [Elegies] (Flower Song Press, 2020). His poems and prose appear in various publications, including POETRY Magazine, The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNEXT, Bettering American Poetry Vol. 3, The Root, Those People, Rigorous, Academy of American Poets Poem-A-Day, Gawker, Barrelhouse, The Acentos Review, and Lunch Ticket. He is founder of the cooperative press Get Fresh Books Publishing, A NonProfit Corp. A native New Yorker, García holds an MFA in Poetry and Poetry in Translation from Drew University, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize.