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According to a press release from the U.S. Postal Service dated 12/09 (don’t know if the reason this is coming to my attention now is the fault of Rican time or USPS time), later this month Puerto Rican poet Julia de Burgos will have a U.S. postage stamp released in her honor.

With this 26th stamp in the Literary Arts series, the U.S Postal Service honors Julia de Burgos, one of Puerto Rico’s most celebrated poets. The stamp goes on sale in September. A revolutionary writer, thinker, and activist, de Burgos wrote more than 200 poems that probe issues of love, feminism, and political and personal freedom. Her groundbreaking works combine the intimate with the universal. They speak powerfully to women, minorities, the poor, and the dispossessed, urging them to defy constricting social conventions and find their own true selves. The stamp features a portrait of de Burgos created by artist Jody Hewgill.

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