Ryan Diaz

Ryan is a Puerto Rican writer and poet from Queens, NY, whose work explores the intersections of culture, faith, memory, and identity. With a BA in History from St. John’s University and an MA in Biblical Studies from Reformed Theological Seminary, he draws on both scholarship and lived experience to craft poems and essays that engage with the complexity of diasporic life, spirituality, and the human condition. His writing has appeared in Cathexis Northwest, Transcendentals, Dappled Things, Common Good, Dew Drop, The Curator, and Ekstasis. He is the author of several poetry collections and a novel: Abuelo, A "Memoir." He currently resides in Queens, NY, with his wife, Janiece, his son Damian. He is a lifelong (self-loathing) New York Mets fan.

At Woodward, Ryan will be working on a multimedia portrait that explores the nature of puertorriqueñidad as expressed in the lives of Puerto Ricans on the archipelago and in the diaspora.