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Melania Luisa Marte

Melania Luisa Marte
Melania Luisa Marte is a writer, poet, and musician from New York living between the Dominican Republic and Texas. Her viral poem “Afro-Latina” was featured by Instagram on their IG TV for National Poetry Month and has garnered over nine million views. Her work has also been featured by Ain’t I Latina, AfroPunk, The Root, Teen Vogue, Telemundo, Remezcla, PopSugar, and elsewhere. Plantains and Our Becoming is her debut poetry collection.


“Smuggling A Mango Is Hard,” A Poem by Melania Luisa Marte

From the Collection Plantains and Our Becoming
August 28, 2023  By Melania Luisa Marte
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