Rich Villar is a writer originally from Paterson, New Jersey. He directs Acentos, an organization fostering audiences and community around Latino/a literature. He has been quoted on Latino literature and culture by both The New York Times and the Daily News, and his poetry and essays have appeared in Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Amistad, El Centro's Letras, Latino Poetry Review, and the acclaimed chapbook series Achiote Seeds. He is currently at work on a book of essays and his first collection of poems, entitled Endomorph.

Achiote Seeds, Amistad, Beltway Poetry Quarterly, Centro Voices (Letras), MiPOesias, OCHO, Rattapallax