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Next Verse: Voices for Change
Coverage of Next Verse: Voices for Change in the Nexus archive.
- Bronx poet Wilfredo Laracuente awarded prize by the Mayor’s office for poem on life after incarceration
Wilfredo Laracuente, a Bronx poet who served a 20-year prison sentence, won a $500 prize from the Mayor’s Office of Criminal Justice for his poem on life after incarceration. His work, part of the 'Next Verse: Voices for Change' contest, reflects on personal transformation and public safety, inspired by his education and writing during incarceration.