{"product_id":"after-ruben","title":"After Rubén","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eAfter Rub?n\u003c\/em\u003e is both trajectory and mosaic--a conversation around poetry in the Americas.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAragon, Francisco:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrancisco Aragón \u003c\/strong\u003eis the son of Nicaraguan immigrants. He is the author of \u003cem\u003ePuerta del Sol\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eGlow of Our Sweat\u003c\/em\u003e, as well as editor of \u003cem\u003eThe Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry\u003c\/em\u003e. His poems have appeared in twenty anthologies, most recently \u003cem\u003eThe\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cem\u003eWandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States\u003c\/em\u003e (Tia Chucha Press) and \u003cem\u003eNepantla: An Anthology Dedicated to Queer Poets of Color\u003c\/em\u003e (Nightbook Books). Others include \u003cem\u003eInventions of Farewell: A Book of Elegies\u003c\/em\u003e (W.W. Norton), \u003cem\u003eDeep Travel: American Poets Abroad\u003c\/em\u003e (Ninebark Press), and \u003cem\u003ePoetry of Resistance: Voices for Social Justice\u003c\/em\u003e (University of Arizona Press). In 2017, he was a finalist for Split This Rock's Freedom Plow Award for Poetry \u0026amp; Activism. A native of San Francisco, CA, he directs Letras Latinas, the literary initiative at the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies. Aragón divides his time between Washington, D.C. and South Bend, IN.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Red Hen Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50557028368658,"sku":"9781597098571","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d412b703-5698-49c6-8d90-c0d9c426e918.jpg?v=1731769184","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/after-ruben","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}