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Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize
The Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize Competition is a biennial program of Letras Latinas in collaboration with the University of Notre Dame Press. Founded in 2004, the Latino poetry competition seeks to publish the first collection of a promising Latino-American poet who has not previously published a book of poetry. Honoring Andrés Montoya The award is named in honor of Andrés Montoya, a Chicano poet. Montoya passed away from leukemia in 1999 before the publication of his book, ''The Iceworker Sings and Other Poems''. That collection would later go on to win the 1997 UC Irvine Chicano/Latino Literary Prize and the before Columbus 2000 American Book Award. Bilingual Press issued a second printing of the book in 2017. 2019 will mark the 20th anniversary since its publication. Founder and Coordinator In his role as director of Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, Francisco Aragón founded the Prize in 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biennial
Biennial means (an event) lasting for two years or occurring every two years. The related term biennium is used in reference to a period of two years. In particular, it can refer to: * Biennial plant, a plant which blooms in its second year and then dies * Biennale, the Italian word for "biennial" and a term used within the art world to describe an international exhibition of contemporary art, stemming from the use of the phrase for the Venice Biennale. (The English form, "biennial", is also commonly used to describe these art events.) See also * wikt:biannual, Biannual, meaning twice a year * Biennial bearing trees, which produce fruit once every two years {{disambiguation Units of time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Torres (poet)
Edwin Torres (born 1958) is a Nuyorican performance poet. His work incorporates vocal and physical improvisation. He is the author of ''Ameriscopia'', ''One Night: Poems for the Sleepy'', ''Yes Thing No Thing'', and several other poetic books. He also has produced recordings titled ''Oceano Rise'', ''Novo'', and ''Holy Kid''. He is a member of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E school. Early years Torres's parents moved from Puerto Rico and settled in the borough of The Bronx in New York City. His father died when he was young and he was then raised by his mother and her brother Martin. He received his primary and secondary education in New York. Nuyorican Poets Cafe In 1989 Torres began working as a graphic designer and a year later he discovered the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, which inspired his creative instincts. Torres created a movement which he called "Interactive Eclectrcism", which combines movement, audience participation, music and songs. The Nuyorican Poets Cafe not only opened its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Vasquez
Robert Vasquez is a Chicano/Latino poet, writer and teacher. Career Born to working-class parents, Vasquez was raised in California's Central Valley. Education He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from California State University at Fresno and a Master of Fine Arts in English from the University of California, Irvine. He was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Creative Writing for two years at Stanford University. Awards Vasquez's poetry has received various awards, including three Academy of American Poets prizes, three National Society of Arts and Letters awards, and a National Writers Union award. In 2004 he was the inaugural judge for the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. Teaching He has taught at Western Michigan University and University of California, Davis and University of California, Santa Cruz. He currently teaches at College of the Sequoias in Visalia, CA. In his creative writing courses, he focuses on Freudian theory in student writing. Publications Books He is th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheryl Luna
Sheryl Luna is an American writer. Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, Luna's most recent collection, Magnificent Errors, received the Ernest Sandeen Prize at Notre Dame. The judges were Orlando Menes and Joyelle McSweeney. Luna is the author of '' Pity the Drowned Horses'' ( University of Notre Dame Press, 2005), which was selected by Robert Vasquez as the inaugural winner of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. It was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. Her collection, ''Seven,'' was published b3: A Taos Pressin 2013. It was a finalist for the Colorado Book Award. Luna's poetry has appeared in Poetry', ''Georgia Review'', '' Prairie Schooner'', ''Poetry Northwest'', ''Puerto del Sol'', ''Kalliope'', and the ''Notre Dame Review''. Luna earned a BA at Texas Tech University, an MFA from the University of Texas at El Paso, an MA in English from Texas Woman's University, and a PhD in Contemporary Literature Contemporary literature is literature which is generally set after World W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valerie Martínez
Valerie Martínez (born 1961) is an American poet, educator, arts administrator, consultant, and collaborative artist. She served as the poet laureate of Santa Fe, New Mexico from 2008 to 2010. LifeValerie Martinezwas born and raised in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and descends from 16th century Spanish colonizers as well as indigenous ancestors of the Southwest U.S. She left New Mexico in 1979 to attend Vassar College, where she received her B.A. in English/American literature in 1983. She received her M.F.A. in creative writing/poetry in 1989 from the University of Arizona. Before returning to New Mexico to settle permanently in 2003, Martinez traveled widely in the U.S. and Europe as well as Mexico, Israel, Japan, Zimbabwe, Botswana and South Africa. For three years (1993–1995), she resided in Swaziland, where she taught English in elementary and middle schools. Since 2003 she has traveled to Peru, Germany, Belgium, Russia, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Namibia. Her travels ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gabriel Gómez (poet)
Gabriel "Gabe" Gómez is a poet, journalist, and marketing professional. Born in El Paso, Texas, Gómez is the author of ''The Outer Bands'' ( University of Notre Dame Press, 2007), which was selected by Valerie Martinez as the 2007 winner of the Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. The title poem is a found poem on the experiences of living through Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. His second collection of poetry, ''The Seed Bank,'' was published by Mouthfeel Press. Gómez earned a bachelor's of arts degree at the College of Santa Fe (now Santa Fe University of Art and Design) and a master's of fine arts degree at Saint Mary's College of California. He has taught at Tulane University, the University of New Orleans,http://www.utepprospector.com/entertainment/mailman-delivers-poet-and-playwright-1.1035546#.T5bGTbPOWf5 and the Institute of American Indian Arts. He lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico Santa Fe ( ; , Spanish for 'Holy Faith'; tew, Oghá P'o'oge, Tewa for 'white s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Espada
Martín Espada (born 1957) is a Puerto Rican-American poet, and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches poetry. Puerto Rico has frequently been featured as a theme in his poems. Life and career Espada was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was introduced to political activism at an early age by his father, a leader in the Puerto Rican community and the civil rights movement. Espada received a B.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a J.D. from Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts). For many years, he worked as a tenant lawyer and a supervisor of a legal services program. In 1982, Espada published his first book of political poems, ''The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero'', featuring photography by his father. This was followed by ''Trumpets from the Islands of their Eviction'' (1987) and ''Rebellion is the Circle of a Lover's Hands''. In 2001, he was named the first Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts.In 2018, Espada ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Martínez Pompa
Paul Martínez Pompa is a Latino poet. The author of ''My Kill Adore Him'' (University of Notre Dame Press, 2009), (selected by Martín Espada for the 2008 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize) and the chapbook ''Pepper Spray'' (Momotombo Press, 2006). ''Pepper Spray''">Institute for Latino Studies > Momtombo Press > ''Pepper Spray'' Martinez Pompa's poetry and prose have been anthologized in ''Telling Tongues'' and ''The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry''. He earned degrees from the University of Chicago and Indiana University, where he served as a poetry editor for ''Indiana Review''. Martinez Pompa currently teaches at Triton Triton commonly refers to: * Triton (mythology), a Greek god * Triton (moon), a satellite of Neptune Triton may also refer to: Biology * Triton cockatoo, a parrot * Triton (gastropod), a group of sea snails * ''Triton'', a synonym of ''Triturus' ... College in River Grove, Illinois. External links Review of ''My Kill Adore Him'' at the Poetry Foundation Blog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silvia Curbelo
Silvia Curbelo is a Cuban-born, American poet and writer. Career She is the author of four collections of poetry including ''Falling Landscape'' (Anhinga Press, 2015) ''Ambush'' (Main Street Rag, 2004), ''The Secret History of Water'' (Anhinga Press, 1997), and her first chapbook, the winner of the 1990 Gerald Cable Poetry Chapbook Competition, ''The Geography of Leaving'' (Silverfish Review Press, 1991). Curbelo's poetry appears in over two dozen anthologies including ''The Body Electric: America's Best Poetry'' (W.W. Norton), ''Snakebird: Thirty Years of Anhinga Poets'' (Anhinga Press), ''Norton's Anthology of Latino Literature'' ( W. W. Norton), and ''The Aunt Lute Anthology of U.S. Women Writers, Volume Two: The 20th Century'' (Aunt Lute Books). Her poems have appeared in various journals, including ''American Poetry Review'', ''Kenyon Review'', ''Gettysburg Review'', ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Indiana Review'', ''Crab Orchard Review'' and ''Tampa Review''. Awards She has rec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emma Trelles
Emma Trelles is a Latina poet, writer, professor, and current poet laureate of Santa Barbara, California. Life Trelles earned an MFA from Florida International University in the 1990s, where she was mentored by the poet Campbell McGrath and fiction writer John Dufresne. Trelles is a professor of composition and creative writing at Santa Barbara City College. A contributor to the Best American Poetry blog, Trelles's poetry and prose have been anthologized in ''Ocho'', ''Gulf Stream'', ''Verse Daily'', ''MiPOesias Magazine'', ''The Rumpus'' and ''Tigertail: A South Florida Annual''. Her journalism has been featured in the ''Miami Herald'' and the ''Sun-Sentinel.'' Her work appeared in ''Best American Poetry 2013''. Trelles has been the recipient of fellowships from the CantoMundo and the Florida Division of Cultural Affairs. Her book ''Tropicalia'', was selected by Silvia Curbelo for the 2010 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize. ''Tropicalia'' takes its title from the 1960s Brazilia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco X
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of ''Pater Comunitatis''. In areas of Spain where Basque is spoken, "Patxi" is the most common nickname; in the Catalan areas, "Cesc" (short for Francesc) is often used. In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called "Pancho". " Kiko" is also used as a nickname, and "Chicho" is another possibility. In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed " Chico" (''shíco''). This is also a less-common nickname for Francisco in Spanish. People with the given name * Pope Francis is rendered in the Spanish and Portuguese languages as Papa Francisco * Francisco Acebal (1866–1933), Spanish writer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poetry Foundation
The Poetry Foundation is an American literary society that seeks to promote poetry and lyricism in the wider culture. It was formed from ''Poetry'' magazine, which it continues to publish, with a 2003 gift of $200 million from philanthropist Ruth Lilly. According to the foundation's website, it is "committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience." In partial furtherance of this objective, the foundation runs a blog called ''Harriet''. Poets who have blogged at ''Harriet'' on behalf of The Poetry Foundation include Christian Bök, Stephanie Burt, Wanda Coleman, Kwame Dawes, Linh Dinh, Camille Dungy, Annie Finch, Forrest Gander, Rigoberto González, Cathy Park Hong, Bhanu Kapil, Ange Mlinko, Eileen Myles, Craig Santos Perez, A.E. Stallings, Edwin Torres, and Patricia Smith. In addition, the foundation provides several awards for poets and poetry. It also hosts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
