To be a disaster, to be diaspora, to be a state, to be an island, to be Puerto Rican

To be a disaster, to be diaspora, to be a state, to be an island, to be Puerto Rican

Lilliam Nieves 14:28 2018
For so many years, Puerto Rico continues to be a political dilemma for the United States and for Puerto Ricans themselves. It would be safe to assess that in the creative process of the diaspora the artwork as well as the literary work is marked by the experiences of those who are on the zone in between.
I want to find the homeland as a ritual, without detaching myself from being Puerto Rican, feeling like I am the diaspora, without being so. Being part of the United States without being (although on the island they believe they live in a state) part of it. Keep feeling the Caribbean even if it freezes my bones.
- To be a disaster, to be diaspora, to be a state, to be an island, to be Puerto Rican