Miguel Algarín

Miguel Algarín Jr. (11 September 1941 – 1 December 2020) was a Puerto Rican poet, historian and writer.^[1] He was known as the co-founder of the Nuyorican Poets Café. He was a Rutgers University professor of English. Algarín was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He lived most of his life in New York City. He was a Nuyorican poet.

Miguel Algarín Jr.
Miguel Algarín Jr.
Born	(1941-09-11)11 September 1941 Santurce, Puerto Rico
Died	1 December 2020(2020-12-01) (aged 79) New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation	Poet, scholar, editor, playwright, translator[1]
Nationality	Puerto Rican
Literary movement	Nuyorican
Notable works	"On Call", "Time's Now"/"Ya Es Tiempo"[1]
Notable awards	American Book Award (1980, 1985, 1994), Larry Leon Hamlin Producer's Award, American Book Award for Lifetime Achievement,[1] Obie Award
Relatives	Miguel Algarín (father), María Algarín (mother)

Algarín's books include Mongo Affair, On Call (1980), Body Bee Calling from the 21st Century (1982), Time's Now/Ya es tiempo (1985), Love Is Hard Work: Memorias de Loisaida/Poems (1997, Lower East Side Memories/Poems).

Algarín died on 1 December 2020 in New York City of sepsis, aged 79.^[2]

Works

• Mongo affair: poems. Nuyorican Poet's Café. 1978. ISBN 978-0-934770-04-0
• On call. Arte Público Press, Revista chicano-riqueña, University of Houston. 1980. ISBN 978-0-934770-03-3.
• Body bee calling from the 21st century. Arte Publico Press. 1982. ISBN 978-0-934770-17-0.
• Time's Now/Ya Es Tiempo. Arte Publico Press. 1985. ISBN 978-0-934770-33-0.
• Love is hard work: memorias de Loisaida. Scribner. 1997. ISBN 978-0-684-82517-5.
• Action. Touchstone. 1997. ISBN 978-0-684-82611-0
• Survival Supervivencia. Arte Publico Press. 2009. ISBN 978-1-611-92299-8

Editor

• Miguel Algarín; Miguel Piñero, eds. (1975). Nuyorican Poetry: An Anthology of Puerto Rican Words and Feelings. Morrow. ISBN 978-0-688-02967-8.
• Miguel Algarín; Bob Holman, eds. (1994). Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Café. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-8050-3257-4.
• Miguel Algarín; Lois Griffith, eds. (1997). Action: The Nuyorican Poets Café Theater Festival. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 978-0-684-82611-0. Miguel Algarín.