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Wilson Santos is a multidisciplinary writer whose work spans memoir<\/a>, poetry<\/a>, screenwriting<\/a>, essays<\/a> and songwriting<\/a>. Drawing from a life that has taken him from the Bronx and the streets of Paterson to academia, filmmaking, music, entrepreneurship, and teaching, his writing explores themes of identity, resilience, creativity, love, loss, and personal transformation. Whether through autobiographical storytelling, poetry, film, or song lyrics, Santos is ultimately interested in the stories we tell ourselves\u2014and the choices that shape who we become.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wilson Santos is a multidisciplinary writer whose work spans memoir, poetry, screenwriting, essays and songwriting. Drawing from a life that has taken him from the Bronx and the streets of Paterson to academia, filmmaking, music, entrepreneurship, and teaching, his writing explores themes of identity, resilience, creativity, love, loss, and personal transformation. 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