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Saturday, April 5, 2014

Con gratitud

Thank you to Sandra Cisneros for her wonderful work and for her support.

For counting Backlit Hour among her favorite books of 2013:

http://www.sfgate.com/books/article/Writers-favorite-books-of-2013-5063365.php
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Jose A. Rodriguez's poetry collections include The Shallow End of Sleep (2011,Tia Chucha Press/Northwestern UP) and Backlit Hour (2013, SFASU Press/Texas A&M UP). His work has appeared in various journals and magazines, including Poetry, The New Republic, Paterson Literary Review, Green Mountains Review, Lake Effect, Cream City Review, Water-Stone Review, Tusculum Review, Upstreet, Big Muddy, Paddlefish, and others. He's the recipient of the 2014 RHINO Founders' Prize, the 2009 Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award and four nominations for the Pushcart Prize. He received a Ph.D. in English/Creative Writing from Binghamton University and currently teaches at The University of Texas-Pan American.
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