New Yorker Yvonne Sotomayor, who will appear on the fair’s Family Stage, quickly directs her rhythmic verse toward direct statements. She then builds on them and finds that the toil leaves behind seeds that will quickly grow more. She can present her work in English and Spanish, and that’s helpful given that she often speaks to the many who surround her in many relationships — family, neighbor, intimate — and in the distant past as well as a tactile present. Sotomayor is on the cusp of having works published in print and recording. Listening to her may evoke an observation she makes in her poem “Thankful”: “I am a memory worth having.” —T.E. Lyons