The Puerto Rican Literature Project

A poet, labor activist, educator, and musician, Enrique Olivares Pesante was born in 1989 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He completed his primary and secondary studies at an all-boys private school before enrolling in the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras Campus, where he obtained a BA and MA in English. In 2019, he published his first bilingual book, Free Terrorism (La Impresora). Currently, Oliveras Pesante is completing a PhD in English literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is also building a poetic project entitled Mi amigo fiel, which explores addiction. Olivares Pesante is part of the Puerto Rican Literature Project (PLPR) team. 

Works Cited

Olivares Pesante, Enrique. Interview conducted by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, El proyecto de la literatura puertorriqueña, 2022.