The Puerto Rican Literature Project

Edgar “Tato” E. Ramírez Mella was born in San Sebastian, Puerto Rico and grew up in Santiago de Compostela y Salamanca, Spain. He studied comparative literature and helped found a poetry workshop and the literary journal, Lagarto Verde. His work includes Estación de lirio (Máquina emotiva, 2006), Marginalia (Lulu Com, 2006), Púrpura (La Secta de los Perros, 2014), Jardín en ascuas (Editora Educación Emergente, 2017), Bitácora de nieblas (Editora Educación Emergente, 2020), and Razón de Covid-19 y Otros Artefactos (Ad)Yacentes (Editora Educación Emergente, 2021). His work has been included in various national and international poetry anthologies, such as Sin Tapabocas: Memorias de una pandemia; Crónicas de María: Voces para la historia, and Poesía de Puerto Rico (Cinco Décadas 1950-2000). Latin American poetry, Avant-garde literary movements, and the theater of the absurd have influenced his writing.

Works Cited

Ramírez Mella, Edgar E. Interview. Conducted by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, 23 June 2021.