Summary: <strong>Rhina Polonia Espaillat</strong> (born January 20, 1932, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santo_Domingo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">La vega</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Republic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dominican Republic</a>)<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhina_Espaillat#cite_note-:0-1" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[1]</a> is a bilingual <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican-American" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dominican-American</a> poet and translator who is affiliated with the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_movement" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">literary movement</a> known as <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Formalism" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">New Formalism</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_poetry" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American poetry</a>. She has published eleven collections of poetry. She is known for writing poetry that captures the beauty of the mundane and the routine.<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhina_Espaillat#cite_note-:1-2" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">[2]</a> - Bio via Wikipedia. <br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
