Alberto
Ríos (b.1952, Nogales, AZ) is the author of eight books and chapbooks
of poetry, three collections of short stories, and a memoir. His books
of poems include, most recently The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body, along with Teodoro Luna's Two Kisses, The Lime Orchard Woman, The Warrington Poems, Five Indiscretions,and Whispering
to Fool the Wind. His three collections of short stories are, most
recently, The Curtain of Tree, along with Pig Cookies and The
Iguana Killer. His memoir about growing up on the border, called Capirotada, was published by University of New Mexico Press in 1999. Ríos is the recipient of the Arizona Governor's
Arts Award, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National
Endowment for the Arts, the Walt Whitman Award, the Western States
Book Award for Fiction, five Pushcart Prizes in both poetry and fiction,
and inclusion in The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, as well
as over 150 other national and international literary anthologies.
His work is regularly taught and translated, and has been adapted to
dance and both classical and popular music. Ríos is presently
Regents' Professor of English at Arizona State University.
Alberto
Ríos (b.1952, Nogales, AZ) is the author of eight books and chapbooks
of poetry, three collections of short stories, and a memoir. His books
of poems include, most recently The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body, along with Teodoro Luna's Two Kisses, The Lime Orchard Woman, The Warrington Poems, Five Indiscretions,and Whispering
to Fool the Wind. His three collections of short stories are, most
recently, The Curtain of Tree, along with Pig Cookies and The
Iguana Killer. His memoir about growing up on the border, called Capirotada, was published by University of New Mexico Press in 1999. Ríos is the recipient of the Arizona Governor's
Arts Award, fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National
Endowment for the Arts, the Walt Whitman Award, the Western States
Book Award for Fiction, five Pushcart Prizes in both poetry and fiction,
and inclusion in The Norton Anthology of Modern Poetry, as well
as over 150 other national and international literary anthologies.
His work is regularly taught and translated, and has been adapted to
dance and both classical and popular music. Ríos is presently
Regents' Professor of English at Arizona State University.