Dominican American Writer, Poet & Musician; Author of "Plantains and Our Becoming"; Two-Time Audie Award Winner; Known for "Afro-Latina" Poem
Melania Luisa Marte Biography
Melania Luisa Marte is a Dominican American writer, poet, and musician whose work explores Afro-Latinx identity, Black feminism, and ancestral reclamation. Marte's poetry addresses her Caribbean heritage, intersectionality, and self-love, contributing to ongoing conversations in contemporary spoken word and poetry. She began engaging with spoken word poetry in middle school and later participated in open mics, sharing her poems with audiences and fellow poets.
Marte ranked fifth at the Women of the World Poetry Slam Competition and was a finalist at the Individual World Poetry Slam Competition in San Diego, California. Her poem "Afro-Latina" gained widespread attention after being featured by Instagram on IGTV for National Poetry Month, amassing over nine million views. The poem highlights the absence of the term "Afro-Latina" in the Merriam-Webster dictionary and addresses the erasure of Afro-Latinas through anti-Blackness in history, media, and the Latinx community. Marte's work has appeared in Ain't I Latina, AfroPunk, The Root, Teen Vogue, Telemundo, Remezcla, and PopSugar.
"Plantains and Our Becoming" follows her debut collection, "MELA." Published by Tiny Reparations, an imprint of Penguin Random House, "Plantains and Our Becoming" explores themes of identity, colonialism, nationalism, displacement, generational trauma, joy, self-love, ancestral knowledge, and liberation. The collection has been recognized by Well-Read Black Girl, Bookish, and Ms. Magazine.
Marte has received two Audie Awards for her voice-over work co-narrating the novel-in-verse "Clap When You Land" by National Book Award winner and New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo. Her commissioned projects include a commercial poem for McDonald's Hacer Mas scholarship campaign and a poem for Facebook's Heritage Month celebration. Marte's writing also addresses Black preservation through land cultivation, herbalism, and ancestral knowledge. Her work is known for its political engagement and personal perspective, establishing Marte as a significant figure in contemporary poetry and Afro-Latinx literature.
Melania Luisa Marte Videos
A talk with Melania Luisa Marte, the author of Plantains and Our Becoming
Melania Luisa Marte is a Dominican-American writer, poet, and musician from New York living between Dallas and The Dominican Republic. Marte's poetry...
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