Rigoberto González
Rigoberto González is the author of six books,
So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water until It Breaks (University of Illinois Press, 1999), a 1998 National Poetry Series selection; two bilingual children's books,
Soledad Sigh-Sighs / Soledad Suspiros (2003) and
Antonio's Card / La Tarjeta de Antonio (2005), both from Children’s Book Press; and a novel,
Crossing Vines (University of Oklahoma Press, 2003), which received ForeWord Magazine's Editor's Choice for Fiction Book of the Year Award in 2004.
Butterfly Boy, a memoir, was published by University of Wisconsin Press in 2006; and a new poetry collection,
Other Fugitives and Other Strangers, was published in 2006 by Tupelo Press. He has an additional title forthcoming, a biography of Chicano writer Tomas Rivera. González is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and of various international artists’ residencies, including stays at Fundación Valparaíso in Spain; Fundaçao Sacatar in Brazil; the Ezra Pound House in Sun Valley, Idaho; the David and Julia White Artists’ Colony in Costa Rica; and Hawthornden Castle in Scotland. He is a member of PEN and of the National Book Critics Circle, and he reviews books by Latina/o authors for the
El Paso (Texas) Times twice monthly. He is visiting associate professor at Queens College in New York City and is Contributing Editor to
Poets and Writers magazine.
Posted on February 16, 2005 5:33 AM
