Neil Raymond Ricco

Neil Raymond Ricco, formerly known as Noel Rico, is a Nuyorican poet and writer known for his Spanish, Irish and Italian works.
==Personal life==
At age 23, Ricco attended Long Island University. As a young writer, he went by the name Noel Rico.
==Career==
Ricco's work has been published in languages of Spanish, Irish and Italian. He lives in Chula Vista, California and is influenced by Luis Lloréns Torres and Walt Whitman.
Several of his works were published in Decade of Hispanic Literature: An Anniversary Anthology by Nicolás Kanellos. In 1985, "Another Poem for Garcia Lorca" was published in Carreras. Casos en la comunidad. His poem "Excerpt from the South Bronx" appeared in Dodeca. "The First Place" was featured with "The Bronx, 1979" in New York, An Anthology by Mike Marqusee and with "The Lower East Side" and "Excerpt from the South Bronx II" in The Floating Borderlands.
Ricco's poems "January In Motion" and "The Bronx 1979" is for Miguel Piñero.
==Published works==
* Rico, Noel. “The Lower East Side: After Having Witnessed a Man Beating Up a Woman Underneath a Balcony Overlooking Avenue C” Decade of Hispanic Literature: An Anniversary Anthology, University of Texas: Revista Chicano-Riqueña. pp. 98. ISBN 978-0-934770-18-7 – via Google Books.
* Rico, Noel. “The Bronx, 1979” Decade of Hispanic Literature: An Anniversary Anthology, University of Texas: Revista Chicano-Riqueña. pp. 99. ISBN 978-0-934770-18-7 – via Google Books.
* Rico, Noel. “It Is Only the Flowers” Decade of Hispanic Literature: An Anniversary Anthology, University of Texas: Revista Chicano-Riqueña. pp. 100. ISBN 978-0-934770-18-7 – via Google Books.
* Rico, Noel. “Excerpt from the South Bronx I” Decade of Hispanic Literature: An Anniversary Anthology, University of Texas: Revista Chicano-Riqueña. pp. 101. ISBN 978-0-934770-18-7 – via Google Books.
* Rico, Noel. “Excerpt from the South Bronx II” Decade of Hispanic Literature: An Anniversary Anthology, University of Texas: Revista Chicano-Riqueña. pp. 101. ISBN 978-0-934770-18-7 – via Google Books.
* Rico, Noel. “The First Place” Decade of Hispanic Literature: An Anniversary Anthology, University of Texas: Revista Chicano-Riqueña. pp. 102. ISBN 978-0-934770-18-7 – via Google Books.
* Rico, Noel. “A Late Afternoon” Decade of Hispanic Literature: An Anniversary Anthology, University of Texas: Revista Chicano-Riqueña. pp. 103. ISBN 978-0-934770-18-7 – via Google Books.
* Rico, Noel. “ROBERTO: A STORY POEM.” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 4, no. 3, 1977, pp. 222–25. JSTOR.
* Rico, Noel. “A HOT AUGUST NIGHT ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE.” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 9, no. 2, 1982, pp. 168–69. JSTOR.
* Rico, Noel. “NOTA AL PIE DE UNA PAGINA ACERCA DE LA CAIDA DE NUESTRA CULTURA.” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 4, no. 3, 1977, pp. 221–221. JSTOR.
* Rico, Noel. “ANOTHER POEM FOR GARCÍA LORCA.” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 4, no. 3, 1977, pp. 220–21. JSTOR.
* Rico, Noel. “POEM.” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 4, no. 3, 1977, pp. 222–222. JSTOR.
* Rico, Noel. “ON HEARING OF THE AILING JOHNNY WEISSMULLER.” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 8, no. 2/3, 1981, pp. 185–86. JSTOR.
* Rico, Noel. “THE PLAZA IN PONCE, 1979.” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 8, no. 2/3, 1981, pp. 82–82. JSTOR.
* RICO, NOEL. “EXCERPT FROM THE SOUTH BRONX XX (The Assassination of John F. Kennedy).” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 8, no. 2/3, 1981, pp. 187–187. JSTOR.
* Rico, Noel. “HOY EN EL PARQUE CENTRAL.” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 4, no. 3, 1977, pp. 221–221. JSTOR.
* Eileen Myles, et al. “Mag City.” Mag City, no. 1, Jan. 1977. JSTOR.
* Ricco, Neil Raymond. “La Coruña, Galicia.” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 27, no. 3, 2003, pp. 284–85. JSTOR.
* Ricco, Neil Raymond. “The Spanish Grandmother.” Bilingual Review / La Revista Bilingüe, vol. 27, no. 3, 2003, pp. 282–83. JSTOR.
==Other works==
Sandra María Esteves' poem "For Noel Rico" was published in Decade of Hispanic Literature: An Anniversary Anthology.
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