Nuyorican prize-winning poet and children's book author Willie Perdomo is Spanish Harlem's El Barrio-born and a native to all things awe-inspiring. He has been published in New York Times Magazine and Bomb. The writer of Clementine!, Where a Nickel Costs a Dime, Postcards of El Barrio, The Essential Hits of Shorty Bon, and Smoking Lovely, he's won a number of literary awards and notable mentions, recognized for his incredible creative contributions to the world of poetry.
