Urayoán Noel is the author or translator of a dozen books, including Transversal: Poems (University of Arizona Press), which was named a Book of the Year by the New York Public Library and longlisted for the PEN Open Book Award, In Visible Movement: Nuyorican Poetry from the Sixties to Slam (University of Iowa Press), winner of the LASA Latino Studies Book Award and an MLA honorable mention, and the forthcoming islas adyacentes/adjacent islands (Ugly Duckling Presse) by Nicole Cecilia Delgado. As a translator of Latin American poetry, Noel has been a finalist for the National Translation Award and the Best Translated Book Award. His international performances include Poesiefestival Berlin, Barcelona Poesia, and the Toronto Biennial of Art, and his work has been exhibited at the Museum of the City of New York and the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. Originally from Río Piedras, Puerto Rico, Noel lives in the Bronx and teaches at New York University as well as at Stetson University's MFA of the Americas, and he serves on the board of the Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural and Educational Center.