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Excelsior is the fifth collection of poetry from Bonafide Rojas. The poetry collection is a culminating moment celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Rojas’ first book Pelo Bueno, and the tenth anniversary of his third book Renovatio. Rojas will be reading from the new collection.

Excelsior & Notes On The Return To The Island will be for sale at the event.

This event is a $5 suggested donation ticket with 50 max attendees. Please register in advance. 

In compliance with Word Up Community Safety guidelines, all attendees are encouraged to stay masked at all time.

Recirculation, a project of Word Up Community Bookshop, is located at 876 Riverside Drive (near 160th St.) in Washington Heights, NYC. You can take the 1 train to 157th St., A/C train to 163rd St., and the M4 and M5 to Broadway and 159/160th.

ABOUT THE POET

Bonafide Rojas is the author of Notes On The Return To The Island, Renovatio, When The City Sleeps & Pelo Bueno. He’s an Inaugural Fellow of Letras Boricuas & a BRIO award winner. An established Nuyorican Poet, he appeared on the fourth season of Def Poetry Jam & has been published in: Centro Journal Vol. XII, Winter 2000, Hostos Review #2, Bum Rush The Page: A Def Poetry Jam, Role Call: A Generational Anthology of Black Literature & Art, The Calabash Journal, The Acentos Review, Learn Then Burn Vol. I & II, The Palabras Journal, Me No Habla Con Acento!, Manteca! & Hafen Lesung 18, Chorus: The Literary Mixtape, The Lost Orphan Project, & was featured in the documentary Spitting Ink.

He’s the founder & co-songwriter of the band The Mona Passage, & has performed domestically & internationally at Lincoln Center, Philadelphia Museum Of Art, Brooklyn Museum, El Museo Del Barrio, Bowery Ballroom, Puerto Rican Traveling Theatre, Reginald Lewis Museum, Rotterdam Arts Center, Spoken Word Paris, Konvent Zero Barcelona, Hafen Lesung Hamburg, Latinale Berlin, Festival Kerouac Vigo España & Festival De La Palabra. He’s an avid collector of pop culture & still only wears red socks.