Rigoberto González

The Book of Ruin

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

These poems consider the history of the Americas and their uncertain future, particularly regarding the danger of climate change, and suggest a line from colonialism toward a shattering "Apocalipsixtlán."

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Four Way Books
• Seitenzahl: 102
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 155mm x 8mm
• Gewicht: 181g
• ISBN-13: 9781945588327
• ISBN-10: 1945588322
• Artikelnr.: 54614482

Autorenporträt

Rigoberto González is the author of five books of poetry, most recently The Book of Ruin (Four Way Books 2019), and Unpeopled Eden, which won the Lambda Literary Award and the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets. The recipient of Guggenheim, NEA and USA Rolón fellowships, a NYFA grant in poetry, the Shelley Memorial Award from the Poetry Society of America, The Poetry Center Book Award, and the Barnes & Noble Writer for Writers Award, he is contributing editor for Poets & Writers Magazine and writes a monthly column for NBC-Latino online. Currently, he is professor of English at Rutgers-Newark, the State University of New Jersey, and the inaugural Stan Rubin Distinguished Writer-in-Residence at the Rainier Writing Workshop.