Figure 1. Flier from 1975 performance in Central Park. Clockwise from top: Lucky Cienfuegos, Miguel Piñero, and Miguel Algarín. Sandra María Esteves, who also took part in the performance, is missing from the photo. Courtesy Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library.

Figure 2. Program from Poets of the City, including Lucky Cienfuegos, Miguel Piñero, Miguel Algarín, and Sandra María Esteves. Courtesy Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library.

Figure 7. Sandra María Esteves commemorates the life of Martín “Tito” Pérez with her poem “Eulogy for Martín Pérez” and her angel line drawing, Yerba Buena (1980). Courtesy of the poet and artist.

Figure 8. Flier in Spanish protesting the unexplained death of Martín “Tito” Pérez while in prison. Courtesy Sandra María Esteves.

Figure 9. Drawing by Sandra María Esteves, who had filed charges against Eduardo Figueroa and Joseph Papp, the director and producer of the Public Theater. The court trial is here ironically presented as a performance titled The Lawsuit (1979).

Figure 11. Poster of New Rican Village performance, Summer 1978. Designed by Sandra María Esteves. Courtesy of the artist.

Figure 17. Poem Oye me que mi espíritu habla with drawing by Sandra María Esteves.

Figure 18. Mandala de Elegua (2005), 18”x 18” mixed media decoupage mandala on canvas. Courtesy of artist Sandra María Esteves.

Figure 19. Handmade earrings by Sandra María Esteves. Clockwise from top left: “Elegba Portals,” “Elegba Spirals,” “Ochun Egypt,” and “Elegba Dragons.”

Figure 20. Flier for La Cura: A Ritual of Healing and Feeling, Nuyorican Poets Café, 1976. Designed by Sandra María Esteves. Courtesy of artist.