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Books by By Alberto O. Cappas
The Pledge /
Doņa
Julia and Other Selected Poems
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Alberto O. Cappas is a
published poet, talented writer, and entrepreneur in
several diverse areas. He is the author of Echolalia,
a collection of poems, published in 1989. His poetry has
been included in many publications and anthologies in
the United States, Canada, and China. On September 15,
1994, he received the Keepers of Our Culture Award
for Literature from the New York State Hispanic
Heritage Month Committee. His second book of poems Disintegration
of the Puerto Ricans was released in October 2002.
His third book, Doņa Julia and Other
Selected Poems, was published in October 2002. His talents
and skills as a writer, interest in the human condition and
concern for those socioeconomic issues which impact the Latino
community, have served to foster in him an active
involvement as a journalist. this has led to his role as
co-publisher and co-editor of the Latino Village Press, a
monthly publication designed to educate and inform the Puerto
Rican/Latino community about the importance of business and
economic development -- "creating our own institutions and
infrastructures."
Cappas is also founder and president of Don
Pedro Cookies, the makers of Don Pedro Cookies. In addition
he is founder of A Place for Poets, a publication
aspiring Latino and African American artists. Further, his works
have achieved wide interests, growing appeal and numerous
accolades.
It should be noted that his work has been
featured and preserved in the City of Buffalo's new metro subway
system, with a commissioned work by the Niagara Frontier's
Transportation Authority of an artistic "vignette"
with two other Latino artists. The work is a thirty-foot steel
tile mural, which reflects the search for a sense of belonging
in this city.
Cappas' early works have been included in the
renown Schomburg Library archives. He is an alumnus of the State
University of New York at Buffalo and a recipient of the NYC
Urban League's Charles Evans Hughes Award for Creative Writing.
from 1982-87, he served as Deputy Commissioner of communication
and Special Projects for the New York State Division for Youth.
Featured in the Following Publications
Quisqueya Life (NYC Dominican American
publication); Buffalo News; Buffalo Courier Express;
Buffalo West Side Times; Buffalo Hispano News; Advista;
Syracuse Impartial Citizen; Vista; Carib News;
Canales; New York Press; Noticias del Mundo;
Buffalo Challenger; Buffalo Good News; People's
Weekly World; Brownstone Magazine (NYU); Downtown
Press; Vision: El Periodico del Barrio; La Voz
Hispana; Conciencia (NYU); Crane's NY Business
Magazine; La Ultima Hora; Guild Press; New
York Newsday (Manhattan Profile); Vista Monthly Magazine;
Saludos Hispanos Magazine; El Boricua Magazine; National
Hispanic Voice; National Council of Latin Women
Newsletter; and Puerto Rican Connection Magazine.
Poetry Recitals/Cultural Presentations
NYS Teachers Attendance Officers Association,
Monticello, NY; Pratt Institute; NYS Department of Health
(Office of Minority Health's Diversity Forums); Baruch College;
Schenectady Community College; Buffalo State College; SUNYAB;
Undergraduate Conference/New York University (NYU); Buffalo
Community Partnership; Ithaca College; Manhattan Community
College; Black Arts Forum/Brooklyn; Attica Correctional
Facility; North Collins Correctional Facility; Buffalo Masten
Park Secure Center; Bronx Youth Development Center; Nuyorican's
Poet's Cafe; NYS Liquor Authority (Hispanic Heritage Month
Activity); New York Public Libraries; and Harlem Hospital Center
(Puerto Rican heritage Month Activity).
Publications
Doņa Julia and Other Selected Poems, published in
2002, 1st Books Library
Roots to Reality, from a poetry recital and cultural
presentation, Cultural Diversity Series, sponsored by the New
York State Department of Health, Albany, NY, 1997
The Disintegration of the PuertoRicans, a collection
of poems, published in 1997, by Don Pedro Enterprises, USA, Ltd,
New York, NY
Echolalia: Verse & Vibrations, a collection of
poems, published in 1989, by Calton Press, New York, NY
Echoes, six poems, published in 1987, by A Place for
Poets, New York, NY
Guild Press Anthologies, featured in over eight (8)
anthologies published by Guild Press, publisher of Black, Asian,
and Latino poets and writers, 1987-1996
Available for speaking engagements -- Cappas@aol.com
or 212-353-9114 |
