Gonzalez is the author of two other books of poetry, "From the Restless Roots," and "Twilights and Chants." His memoir of growing up in the Southwest is entitled "Memory Fever: A Journey Beyond El Paso Del Norte." He is editor of sixteen anthologies, most recently "Currents from the Dancing River: Contemporary Latino Essays, Fiction and Poetry"; and "Muy Macho: Latino Men Confront Their Manhood." He served as poetry editor of The Bloomsbury Review for 15 years and is currently editor of Luna, a literary magazine based in Chicago.
Among his awards are a 1993 Before Columbus Foundation Book Award for Excellence in Editing, the 1997 Pen/Oakland Josephine Miles Award for, and a 1998 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship in Poetry. He teaches English and Latin American Studies at The University of Illinois at Chicago.
Founded in 1837, Knox is an independent, four-year, liberal arts college, located in Galesburg, Illinois, with 1,100 students from 42 states and 33 nations. Knox's "Old Main," a National Historic Landmark, is the only building remaining from the 1858 Lincoln-Douglas debates.
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