Author: Lydia Cortes
Alternate names: El Cortes; Lydia Cortes; Lydia Collazo Cortés
Title: Wrtier, Poet, Educator
Born: July 19
Dates: edited on 9-20-09
Bio: Born Puerto Rican in Brooklyn, New York.  Also lived in Rome, Italy.  Currently, long term resident of lower Manhattan.

Author of collections of poetry, Lust for Lust (Ten Pell, 2002) and Whose Place (Straw Gate Books, August, 2009).  Has been published in various anthologies and other venues.