poet, professor, literary critic, and lawyer. Author of Doce versiones de soledad, Elusiones, and Antrópolis. Emilio S. Belaval, short-story writer, playwright, essayist, and lawyer Pura Belpré, author. First Puerto Rican librarian in New York City. Samuel Beniquez, author of the autobiographical book entitled Tu alto precio... Mi gran valor. María Bibiana Benítez, playwright. Benitez is one of Puerto Rico's first woman poets. Alejandrina Benítez de Gautier, poet. Benítez de Gautier's collaboration with the "Aguinaldo Puertorriqueño" (Collection of Puerto Rican Poetry) gave her recognition as a great poet. Tomás Blanco, writer and historian. Blanco was the author of "Prontuario Historico de Puerto Rico" and "El Prejuicio Racial en Puerto Rico" (Racial Prejudice in Puerto Rico). Juan Boria, Afro-Caribbean poet. Boria, also known as the Negro Verse Pharaoh, was a poet known for his Afro-Caribbean poetry. Gerson Borrero, journalist, radio host and TV commentator in New York City. He has been editor-at-large of City & State NY and editor-in-chief of El Diario/La Prensa Giannina Braschi, author of postmodern political philosophy, poetry, fiction, and drama. Wrote the first full-length Spanglish novel. Titles: "Yo-Yo Boing!", "Empire of Dreams", and "United States of Banana". Julia de Burgos, one of the greatest poets to have been born in Puerto Rico; author of "Yo misma fui mi ruta" and "Poema Río Grande de Loíza". Pedro Cabiya, writer, poet and filmmaker. Author of the seminal Historias tremendas. Other books include Historias atroces, La cabeza, Malas hierbas, Trance, Crazy X-Ray Boomeranf Girl, Ánima Sola, Phantograms and Saga de Sandulce. Mayra Calvani, writer Zenobia Camprubí, writer and poet. Camprubí was also the wife of Nobel Prize-winning author Juan Ramón Jiménez. Nemesio Canales, essayist and poet Luisa Capetillo, labor activist. Capetillo was one of Puerto Rico's most famous labor organizers. She was also a writer and an anarchist who fought for workers' and women's rights. Jaime Carrero, poet and playwright N. Humberto Cintrón, novelist, author of Frankie Christo (1972) Joaquín Colón (1896–1964), author of Pioneros puertorriqueños en Nueva York Manuel Corchado y Juarbe, poet, journalist and politician. Corchado y Juarbe defended the abolition of slavery and the establishment of a university in Puerto Rico. Juan Antonio Corretjer, poet. Corretjer was also a journalist and pro-independence political activist who opposed United States rule in Puerto Rico. Zoé Corretjer Lloréns Nicky Cruz, reverend. Cruz has written two autobiographies, Run Baby Run, with Jamie Buckingham (1968), and Soul Obsession, with Frank Martin (2005). Victor