Jose B. Gonzalez

Jose B. Gonzalez

Born	San Salvador, El Salvador
Occupation	Poet, Educator, Featured Speaker
Nationality	American
Ethnicity	Latino, Salvadoran
Genre	Poetry
Website
josebgonzalez.com

Jose B. Gonzalez is a Latino poet and educator.

He is the author of the poetry collection, Toys Made of Rock (Bilingual Review Press, 2015),^[1] and the Co-Editor of the major work, Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature. He was born in San Salvador, El Salvador in 1967, where he lived until he was eight. He and his family then moved to New London, Connecticut. He is a graduate of New London High School,^[2] Bryant University with a Bachelor of Science, Brown University with a Masters in Teaching English, and the University of Rhode Island with a Ph.D. in English. He is an alumnus of the Macondo Writers Workshop founded by Sandra Cisneros. As of December 2011 he is a professor of English at the United States Coast Guard Academy, in New London.^[3]

He has appeared as a guest poet on Univision and American Latino TV. He also appeared in Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education and on National Public Radio (NPR).^[4]

His poetry has been published in Quercus Review, Callaloo, The Teacher's Voice, Palabra, Acentos Review, and Colere, and anthologies including Coloring Book, Nantucket: A Collection, and Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature, and Ocho.^[5] He founded LatinoStories.com.^[6]

Awards

He is the recipient the following awards:

2003 National Association of Multicultural Education CT Faculty of the Year^[7]
2006 NEATE Poet of the Year
2009 AAHHE Outstanding Latino Faculty of the Year^[8]
2011-2012 Fulbright Scholar^[9]
2015 Latino De Oro (Arts and Culture)^[10]
2015 International Latino Book Award Finalist ^[11]

Works

Poetry collections

Toys Made of Rock. Bilingual Review Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1-939743-15-2. ^[12]

Editor

Latino Boom An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature. Pearson (John S. Christie, co-editor). 2006. ISBN 9780321093837. ^[13]

Poems in Anthologies

The Norton Introduction to Literature (12th ed.) edited by Kelly J. Mays. Norton. 2016. ISBN 978-1-939743-15-2. ^[14]
Theatre Under My Skin, Contemporary Salvadoran Poetry Edited by Alexandra Rytton Regaled and Tania Pleitez. Kalina. 2016. ISBN 999238767X. ^[15]
Bullying: Replies, Rebuttals, Confessions, and Catharsis: A Multigenerational and Multicultural Anthology Edited by María Luisa Arroyo and Magdalena Gómez. Skyhorse. 2012. ISBN 1616087277. ^[16]
Coloring Book: An Eclectic Anthology of Fiction and Poetry by Multicultural Writers edited by boice-Terrel Adams. Rattlecat. 2003. ISBN 0970134037. ^[17]

Speaking Career

Gonzalez has been a featured speaker throughout the country including at Fairfield University in CT,^[18] Rutgers University^[19] in New Jersey, Pittsburg State University in Kansas,^[20] Del Mar College in Corpus Christi, TX,^[21] Cornell University ^[22] in New York, Connecticut College,^[23] The Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian^[24] in Washington DC, at festivals such as the Newburyport Literary Festival,^[25] and the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival.^[26] He has also presented his poetry in countries such as El Salvador and Spain.^[27]

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