The Afro-Latinx Experience after the Murder of George Floyd, as Seen and Lived in Puerto Rico

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Mayra Santos-Febres

Mayra Santos-Febres (Carolina, Puerto Rico 1966) teaches at the University of Puerto Rico, where she co-created the Creative Writing Program and founded and directed The Word / Festival de la Palabra. Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, she has published poetry and short story collections and five novels, including the celebrated Sirena Selena vestida de pena (2001; Sirena Selena, 2001); Nuestra Señora de la noche (2006; Our Lady of the Night, 2009); and La amante de Gardel (2015; Gardel’s Lover). Her essays include Tratado de medicina natural para hombres melancólicos (2011; Treatise on Natural Medicine for Melancholic Men) and Sobre piel y papel (2011; On Skin and Paper).