Emanuel Xavier @ The Staten Island Pride Center

Join LGBTQ+ Icon Emanuel Xavier as he reads select poems for a special presentation.

Pride Center of Staten Island

Emanuel Xavier is an American poet of Ecuadorian and Puerto Rican heritage. He is author of the poetry collections Radiance, Nefarious, If Jesus Were Gay, Americano, Pier Queen, and the novel Christ Like. Named an Equality Forum LGBTQ Icon and recipient of a New York City Council Citation and a World Pride Award, he has been a finalist for Lambda Literary Awards and International Latino Book Awards.

He has performed at colleges and universities throughout the United States, appeared on Russell Simmons presents Def Poetry on HBO, featured as a TEDx speaker, spoken as an invited artist at the United Nations and was filmed for a documentary on poets from around the world which premiered at the Edinburgh Film Festival. He has also read his work abroad at cities like Buenos Aires, San Juan, London, Ghent and Paris.

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