Bonafide Rojas is a poet & musician. The author of five collections of poetry: Excelsior, Notes On The Return To The Island, Renovatio, When The City Sleeps & Pelo Bueno. An established Nuyorican Poet, he’s appeared on Def Poetry Jam & has been published in numerous anthologies & journals. He was awarded the 2023 Letras Boricuas Fellowship from The Mellon Foundation & is the bandleader/songwriter The Mona Passage who have released two albums: The New Myths & When The City Sleeps. He’s performed at Lincoln Center, The Brooklyn Museum, El Museo Del Barrio, Bowery Ballroom, Philadelphia Museum Of Art, Rotterdam Arts Center, Konvent Zero Barcelona, Spoken Word Paris, Latinale Berlin, Hafen Lesung Hamburg, & Festival De La Palabra Puerto Rico. He’s an avid collector of pop culture & only wears red socks.