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There have been important developments in the literary field. (57)Notable among these has been the publication of the pioneeringSpanish-language literary anthology Los otros cuerpos: antologia de tematicagay, lesbica y queer desde Puerto Rico y su diaspora coedited by David CalebAcevedo, Moises Agosto-Rosario, and Luis Negron in 2007, which includes sometranslations from English to Spanish. (58) Los otros cuerpos was the firstanthology of its kind in Puerto Rico and among the first in Latin America andthe Caribbean; it was dedicated to the openly-gay writer Manuel Ramos Otero(1948-1990), who is the focus of several essays in this issue of CENTROJournal. (59) The enthusiasm for Los otros cuerpos during its multiple bookpresentations across Puerto Rico and in New York City led to the creation onFebruary 13, 2009, of the Colectivo Literario Homoerotica (HomoeroticLiterary Collective). Homoerotica was founded by poet and editor AngelAntonio Ruiz Laboy (2011a, 2014, 2016), who also edited the Revista Corporeo(currently available on the website Issuu), launched Editorial Erizo, andpublished the anthology O: Colectivo Literario Homoerotica in 2012, the yearthe collective ended. (60) During its four years of existence, Homoeroticaorganized numerous public readings and workshops, marched in the LGBTQ PrideMarch in San Juan, and actively participated in several editions of theFestival de la Palabra, a literary festival spearheaded by the writer MayraSantos-Febres. (61) The collective included a wide range of participants,such as poet Raquel Salas Rivera (2011, 2018), who more recently was declaredPoet Laureate of the City of Philadelphia; Salas Rivera identifies as"queer, Latinx, and fiercely Boricua." (62)

Specific literary works can have a great impact. Building on thelegacy of the pioneering Ramos Otero, and following the success of AngelLozada's novel La patografia (1998) and of Santos-Febres'swell-received Sirena Selena vestida de pena (2000), Luis Negron published hisacclaimed collection of short stories Mundo cruel in 2010. (63) Negron'shighly-accessible and well-received book privileges an oral register andcenters on the district of Santurce in San Juan, including its diverseimmigrant and working class populations and its rich LGBTQ community life. Ithas been reissued in Argentina, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic,Slovenia, and Spain. (64) The English-language edition was published by animprint of Penguin Random House in the United States; the book was translatedinto English by the esteemed translator Suzanne Jill Levine, winning theLambda Literary Award in 2014, the highest award for U.S. LGBT publishing.(65) Mundo cruel has also had diverse theatrical and film adaptations,including by leading actor and director Gil Rene Rodriguez. (66) The shortfilm Mataperros (2018, dir. Joaquin Octavio), which is based on a short storyfrom Mundo cruel, was screened at the 2018 Puerto Rico Queer Film Fest.

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