Description
Author: Rigoberto González
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 09/01/2011
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.68lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780299219048
ISBN10: 0299219046
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Cultural, Ethnic & Regional | General
- Social Science | LGBTQ+ Studies | Gay Studies
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Hispanic American Studies
About the Author
Rigoberto González is the author of many award-winning books for adults and children, among them So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water until It Breaks, a selection of the National Poetry Series; the novel Crossing Vines, named the ForeWord Fiction Book of the Year; and the teen novel The Mariposa Club, named to the American Library Association's Rainbow List. He is a contributing editor to the magazine Poets and Writers, on the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle, and on the advisory circle of Con Tinta, a coalition of Chicano/Latino activist writers. He is associate professor of English at Rutgers University at Newark.
Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement, Publishing Triangle