Sussy Santana

{{Infobox poet

| name = Sussy Santana

| awards = MacColl Fellowship

| website = {{URL|sussysantana.com}}

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Sussy Santana is an acclaimed poet, performer and educator living and working in Providence, Rhode Island. Santana became the first Latinx artist to receive the MacColl Fellowship in 2016. <ref>"Rhode Island Foundation awards fellowships to 3 writers." Westerly Sun, The (RI), sec. A: Main, 29 Feb. 2016, p. A03. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/15B526AA09963558. Accessed 28 Jan. 2020.</ref><ref>Tony LaRoche. "3 Writers Selected For $25,000 Awards". Providence Journal, February 28, 2016 Sunday. <nowiki>https://advance-lexis-com.ccriezp.idm.oclc.org/api/document?collection=news&id=urn:contentItem:5J65-4301-JBKX-941K-00000-00&context=1516831</nowiki>. Accessed January 29, 2020. </ref>

Santana emigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic in 1990, and moved to Providence in 1998. Santana also works as an interpretor. <ref>"Sussy Santana ‘Poetry is my natural medium’." Providence Journal (RI), sec. RI Features, 28 Feb. 2016, p. 3. NewsBank: Access World News – Historical and Current, infoweb.newsbank.com/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&docref=news/15B4CC2A54BC1718. Accessed 28 Jan. 2020.</ref>

Bibliography

Pelo Bueno y otros poemas (2010) ISBN 9780615310473

Radio ESL (2012)

Poemas Domésticos (2018) ISBN 9780578205151

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