Rigoberto González
Rigoberto González (born July 18, 1970) is an American writer and book critic. He is an editor and author of poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and bilingual children's books, and self-identifies in his writing as a gay
Chicano. His most recent project is ''Latino Poetry,'' a Library of America anthology, which gathers verse that spans from the 17th century to the present day. His memoir ''What Drowns the Flowers in Your Mouth: A Memoir of Brotherhood'' was a finalist for the
National Book Critics Circle Award in Autobiography. He is the 2015 recipient of the Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Publishing Triangle, the 2020 recipient of the
PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry, and the 2024 recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Los Angeles Review of Books.
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