Roque Raquel Salas Rivera (él/ elle) es un poeta, educador y traductor puertorriqueño de experiencia trans. En 2018, fue nombrado Poeta Laureado de la ciudad de Filadelfia. Salas Rivera es el autor de seis poemarios, entre ellos antes que isla es volcán/ before island is volcano (Beacon Press, 2022), ganador del Premio Juan Felipe Herrera; x/ex/exis (University of Arizona Press, 2021), ganador del Premio Ambroggio; while they sleep (under the bed is another country) (Birds, LLC, 2019), la inspiración para el título de la exhibición no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria en el Museo Whitney; y lo terciario/ the tertiary (2da ed. Noemi Press, 2019), que fue semifinalista para el Premio Nacional del Libro (EE.UU.) y ganó el Premio Literario Lambda a una obra transgénero.

Roque Raquel Salas Rivera (he/they) is a trans poet, translator, and editor from Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. In 2018, he was named poet laureate of Philadelphia. Salas Rivera is the author of six collections of poetry, including antes que isla es volcán/ before island is volcano (Beacon Press, 2022), winner of the 2022 International Latino Book Awards Juan Felipe Herrera Best Poetry Book Award; x/ex/exis (University of Arizona Press, 2021), which won the 2018 Ambroggio Prize; while they sleep (under the bed is another country) (Birds, LLC, 2019), which inspired the title for no existe un mundo poshuracán: Puerto Rican Art in the Wake of Hurricane Maria at the Whitney Museum of American Art; and lo terciario/ the tertiary (2nd ed. Noemi Press, 2019), which was longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award and won a 2018 Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Poetry.