Francisco Aragón is a Latino poet, editor and writer.

Life

Born in

San Francisco, California San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

, Aragón's parents migrated from

Nicaragua Nicaragua, officially the Republic of Nicaragua, is the geographically largest Sovereign state, country in Central America, comprising . With a population of 7,142,529 as of 2024, it is the third-most populous country in Central America aft ...

in the 1950s. is a graduate of

Archbishop Riordan High School Archbishop Riordan High School is a diocesan, co-ed Catholic Church, Catholic high school established by the Society of Mary (Marianists), Society of Mary in San Francisco, California. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco ...

. He studied at the

University of California at Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California), is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California, United States. Founded in 1868 and named after the Anglo-Irish philosopher George Berkele ...

and

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private university, private research university in New York City, New York, United States. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded in 1832 by Albert Gallatin as a Nondenominational ...

. He earned an MA from the

University of California at Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university in Davis, California, United States. It is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institution was ...

and an MFA from the

University of Notre Dame The University of Notre Dame du Lac (known simply as Notre Dame; ; ND) is a Private university, private Catholic research university in Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. Founded in 1842 by members of the Congregation of Holy Cross, a Cathol ...

. Aragón directs Letras Latinas, the literary program of the Institute for Latino Studies at the

. He previously edited Momotombo Press. He served on the board of directors of the

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Publications

Aragón's books include ''Puerta del Sol'' (2005), and ''Glow of Our Sweat'' (2010). He edited the groundbreaking anthology ''The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry'' (2007). His poetry and translations have appeared in the anthologies ''Inventions of Farewell: A Book of Elegies'' (2001) and ''Mariposa: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry'' (2008), the journals ''

Beltway Poetry Quarterly ''Beltway Poetry Quarterly'' is an English-language, online literary magazine based in Washington, D.C., United States. References External links''Beltway Poetry Quarterly'' official site {{italic title 2000 establishments in Washington, D. ...

'',

Crab Orchard Review Southern Illinois University (SIU) is a Public university, public research university in Carbondale, Illinois, United States. Chartered in 1869, SIU is the oldest and flagship campus of the Southern Illinois University system. SIU enrolls stude ...

, Chelsea, The Journal, the online journals ''Jacket, Electronic Poetry Review,'' and ''Poetry Daily.''

Awards

Aragón is the winner of an

Academy of American Poets The Academy of American Poets is a national, member-supported organization that promotes poets and the art of poetry. The nonprofit organization was incorporated in the state of New York in 1934. It fosters the readership of poetry through outrea ...

College Prize and the 2010 Outstanding Latino/a Cultural Award in Literary Arts or Publications from the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. Aragón is a member of the prestigious Macondo Writers Workshop, the workshop founded by

Sandra Cisneros Sandra Cisneros (born December 20, 1954) is an American writer. She is best known for her first novel, ''The House on Mango Street'' (1984), and her subsequent short story collection, ''Woman Hollering Creek and Other Stories'' (1991). Her wo ...

. Aragón was also a founding fellow of the

CantoMundo CantoMundo is an American literary organization founded in 2009 to support Latino poets and poetry. It hosts an annual poetry workshop dedicated to the creation, documentation, and critical analysis of Latinx poetry. History CantoMundo was founded ...

writing conference.

References

External links

Official website

on

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Interview with
''Sampsonia Way''
Review of
''Glow of Our Sweat'' at

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Poems at
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