The Puerto Rican Literature Project

Carlos E. Silva-Velázquez, also known as Carlos Eduardo Silva, was born in 1993, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. He holds a BA in Hispanic studies from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Puerto Rico and is currently pursuing an MA in linguistics at the University of Puerto Rico, Río Piedras. He is the author of Urban feels (Ediciones Alayubia, 2016) and chapbooks Mixtape (2015), Fireworks (2015), Thunderpulse (2017), and La esquina del cuarto (2018). Silva-Velázquez won first place in the Certamen Literario de la Universidad Politécnica de Puerto Rico in 2011 and 2018, the Certamen Literario El Sur Visita El Sur in 2012, the Certamen de Poesía del Ateneo Puertorriqueño in 2015, and the Certamen Nacional de Poesía José Gautier Benítez de Caguas in 2016. His significant literary influences include José Luis Vega, Raymond Carver, and Karmelo Iribarren. 

Works Cited

Silva-Velázquez, Carlos E. Interview. Conducted by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera, 5 May 2023.