Alberto O. Cappas

295 Maryland Street
Buffalo, NY 14201
Phone: 
6462482302

Author's Bio

My work is a reflection of my growth and journey in the United States, growing up Puerto Rican, non-English speaker, transformed into an Americanized and productive citizen of this capitalist system, developing values and standards as weapons to defeat ignorance in this society.

Publications and Prizes

Prizes Won: 
Educator's Award; Hispanic Cultural Award, Langton Hughs Award, Buffalo Schools, and NYC HRA.

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now: 
She's Not My Mother-in-Law, She's My Husband's Mother by Rebecca Miller Pringle
,
Hey Yo! Yo Soy! by Jesus Papoleto Melendez
,
New York Christmas Tales by Manuel A. Melendez
,
Puerto Rico City, A Novel by David R. Martin
,
Cracking The Code of Modern Manhood: Man Up by Carlos Andres Gomez
Favorite Books: 
Snaps, by Victor Hernandez-Cruz
Favorite Authors: 
Pedro Pietri and Victor Hernandez-Cruz

Reviews, Recordings, and Interviews

More Information

Listed as: 
Poet
Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Other
Prefers to work with: 
At Risk Youth
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Yauco
Raised in: 
New York City, NY
work_excerpt: 
"I pledge to gain a better understanding of who I am by understanding my cultural roots, to fully accept who I am as a spiritual and human being -- a rainbow of many cultures and colors."
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Last updated: Feb 15, 2019