title: Carlton T. Spiller
text: # Carlton T. Spiller
  
  Carlton T. Spiller is an American poet, and lawyer.
  
  ## Life
  
  He graduated from Rutgers University, and from Seton Hall University with a J.D., in 1982. He is a member of the board of directors of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe.
  
  ## Awards
  
  2006 American Book Award
  
  ## Works
  
  * Scalding Heart. Nuyorican Press. ISBN 978-0-9627842-1-7.
  
  ### Anthologies
  
  * Miguel Algarín; Bob Holman, eds. (1994). "Panamian Nights". Aloud: voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-8050-3257-4.
  