In 1972, this writer visited the Ossining Correctional Facility (Sing Sing) to write about theater in prisons. While I was there, the inmates presented an anthology of their own short plays, ...

Miguel Piñero has been selected as this month’s Classical 91.7/Arte Público Press Author of the Month. In the next installment of a series of monthly features, Classical 91.7’s Eric Ladau spoke with ...

Prior to becoming a sports writer, I was like an archer without a target. My purpose of writing back then was simply to write whatever was on my mind. Occasionally, I would hit an open mic to read ...

Playwright-poet-actor Miguel Pinero was a volatile mix of drug-addicted, streetwise crook and impassioned artist who gave early voice to New York’s oppressed Puerto Rican community, celebrating its ...

"Piñero," Leon Ichaso's movie biography of the late Puerto Rican/American criminal turned successful-but-ultimately-tragic playwright Miguel Piñero, is strikingly similar in style to "Ali," Michael ...