Alberto Álvaro Ríos

WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:

Three Poems, poetry, in Spring 2008
A Small Motor, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2008–2009
The Dangerous Shirt, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2009-2010
Feeding the Compost Heap, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2010–2011

Alberto Álvaro Ríos is the author of nine books of poetry, three short story collections, and a memoir, Capirotada, which received the Latino Literary Hall of Fame Award. He is the recipient of a Walt Whitman Award, as well as six Pushcart Prizes in poetry and ﬁction. His poetry collection The Theater of Night won the 2007 PEN/ Beyond Margins Award. In addition, The Smallest Muscle in the Human Body was a National Book Award ﬁnalist. Ríos is Regents’ Professor at Arizona State University.