Jose B. Gonzalez

Jose B. Gonzalez
Born	San Salvador, El Salvador
Occupation	Poet, Educator, Featured Speaker
Nationality	American
Genre	Poetry
Website
josebgonzalez.com

Jose B. Gonzalez is a Latino poet and educator.

Gonzalez authored the poetry collection, Toys Made of Rock (Bilingual Review Press, 2015),^[1] and with John S. Christie, served as Co-Editor of Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature.^[2] 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,^[3] and holds a Bachelor of Science from Bryant University, a Master's in Teaching English from Brown University, and an Ph.D. in English from the University of Rhode Island. He is a professor of English at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.^[4]

He has appeared as a guest poet on Univision and American Latino TV and has been a contributor to Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education and on National Public Radio (NPR).^[5]

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.^[6] He founded LatinoStories.com.^[7]

Awards

He is the recipient of the following awards:

• 2003 National Association of Multicultural Education CT Faculty of the Year^[8]
• 2006 NEATE Poet of the Year
• 2009 AAHHE Outstanding Latino Faculty of the Year^[9]
• 2011-2012 Fulbright Scholar^[10]
• 2015 Latino De Oro (Arts and Culture)^[11]
• 2015 International Latino Book Award Finalist ^[12]

Works

Poetry collections

• Toys Made of Rock. Bilingual Review Press. 2015. ISBN 978-1-939743-15-2.  |access-date= requires |url= (help)^[1]

Editor

• Latino Boom An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature. Pearson (John S. Christie, co-editor). 2006. ISBN 9780321093837. ^[2]

Poems in Anthologies

• The Norton Introduction to Literature (12th ed.) edited by Kelly J. Mays. Norton. 2016. ISBN 978-1-939743-15-2. ^[13]
• Theatre Under My Skin, Contemporary Salvadoran Poetry Edited by Alexandra Rytton Regaled and Tania Pleitez. Kalina. 2016. ISBN 999238767X. ^[14]
• Bullying: Replies, Rebuttals, Confessions, and Catharsis: A Multigenerational and Multicultural Anthology Edited by María Luisa Arroyo and Magdalena Gómez. Skyhorse. 2012. ISBN 1616087277. ^[15]
• Coloring Book: An Eclectic Anthology of Fiction and Poetry by Multicultural Writers edited by boice-Terrel Adams. Rattlecat. 2003. ISBN 0970134037. ^[16]

Speaking career

Gonzalez has been a featured speaker throughout the country including at Fairfield University,^[17] Rutgers University^[18] Pittsburg State University (Kansas),^[19] Del Mar College (Corpus Christi, Texas),^[20] Cornell University ^[21] Connecticut College,^[22] The Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian^[23] in Washington DC, at festivals such as the Newburyport Literary Festival,^[24] and the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival.^[25] He has presented his poetry in countries such as El Salvador and Spain.^[26]

References

External links

• Personal site
• LatinoStories.com
• https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/jose-b-gonzalez