Dimitri Reyes

Poet, Spoken Word Artist

Newark, NJ
New Jersey US

Author's Bio

Dimitri Reyes is a Puerto Rican multidisciplinary artist, content creator, and educator from Newark, New Jersey. He has been named one of The Best New Latinx Authors of 2023 by LatinoStories.com for his most recent book, Papi Pichón (Get Fresh Books, 2023) which was a finalist for the Omnidawn chapbook contest and the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. His other books include Every First and Fifteenth, the winner of the Digging Press 2020 Chapbook Award, and the poetry journal Shadow Work for Poets. Dimitri’s work has been featured on NPR and PBS, and has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and Best of the Net Anthology. He was an inaugural poetry fellow for the Poets & Writers Get The Word Out publishing incubator as well as a 2024 fellow with the NJ Arts Professional Learning Institute. You can find more of his writing in Poem-a-Day, Verse Daily, Até Mais: Latinx Futurisms, and elsewhere. Dimitri is the Marketing & Communications Director at CavanKerry Press. 

Publications & Prizes

Poetry

Journals:
Arcturus
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Barely South Review
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Spoken Word

Performances:
Comments from a Roadside Altar (2020)
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Leaning Into the Unknown: An Artist's Response to COVID-19 Part 2 (2020)
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Lincoln Park Music Festival 2020 (2020)
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We're Still Wailers (2020)
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Mother Botanica & Spray Cans Like Bread (2019)
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Kyrie 4's (2018)
Prizes won: 

The Best New Latinx Authos 2023
Andrés Montoya Prize Finalista
Omnidawn Chapbook Award Finalist
Moving Words 2020 Poetry & Video Project
Digging Press 2020 Chapbook Award
SLICE Magazine's 2017 Bridging the Gap Award
2017 Arcturus Poetry Prize Finalist

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
BIPOC, Caribbean American, Hispanic, Latino/Latina/Latinx, Puerto Rican
Prefers to work with: 
At Risk Youth, Children, Homelessness, Immigration, Incarcerated Individuals, Men, Mental Health, Schools, Teachers, Teenagers
Fluent in: 
English
Born in: 
Newark, NJ
New Jersey
Raised in: 
Newark, NJ
New Jersey
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Last update: Mar 10, 2026