Videos of Latino Latinx Poets Reading Poems About Race

In the last 10 years, Latino performance poets have garnered success in the publishing world. Prior to that, they had struggled to be recognized for their literary contributions. The Latinx poets below write about identity and rejecting labels.

Elizabeth Acevedo

Mercedes Holtry

Jose B. Gonzalez

Melissa Lozada-Oliva

Lemon and Flaco