Cleyvis Natera is the author of the forthcoming debut novel Neruda on the Park which will be published on May 17, 2022 by Ballantine Books. She was born in the Dominican Republic and raised in New York City. She holds a Bachelor of Arts from Skidmore College and a Master of Fine Arts from New York University. She’s received honors from PEN America, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts and Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation (VONA). Her fiction, essays and criticism have appeared in Alien Nation: 36 True Tales of Immigration, TIME, Gagosian Quarterly, The Washington Post, The Kenyon Review, Aster(ix) and Kweli Journal, among other publications. Cleyvis teaches creative writing to undergraduate students at Fordham University and graduate students at the Writer’s Foundry MFA Program at St. Joseph’s College in Brooklyn. She lives with her husband and two young children in Montclair, New Jersey.
Cleyvis Natera es la escritora de la próxima novela debut Neruda on the Park, que será publicada el 17 de mayo de 2022 por Ballantine Books. Nació en República Dominicana y se crió en la ciudad de Nueva York. Tiene una licenciatura en artes de Skidmore College y una maestría en bellas artes de New York University. Ha recibido honores de PEN America, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts y Voices of Our Nation Arts Foundation (VONA). Su ficción, ensayos y críticas han aparecido en Alien Nation: 36 True Tales of Immigration, TIME, Gagosian Quarterly, The Washington Post, The Kenyon Review, Aster (ix) y Kweli Journal, entre otras publicaciones. Cleyvis enseña escritura creativa en Fordham University y en el Writer’s Foundry MFA Program a St. Joseph’s College en Brooklyn. Vive con su familia en Montclair, Nueva Jersey.