Roberto Carlos Garcia

Roberto Carlos Garcia is a poet who lives in New Jersey and was born in Harlem, NYC. He is an Assistant Professor of English at Union County College. Of Dominican heritage, he was raised in New York. His third poetry collection, [Elegies], centers on love, grief, legacy, racism and history. He is known for inventing the 'mix tape,' a cento-like form that samples lines from other writers. His selected poems, What Can I Tell You?, gathers work from his three collections.