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Richard Garcia

Richard Garcia is the author of four books of poetry: Selected Poems (1972); The Flying Garcias (University of Pittsburg Press, 1991); Rancho Notorious (BOA Editions, 2001); and most recently The Persistence of Objects (BOA Editions, 2006) as well as My Aunt Otilia's Spirits, a bilingual children's book (1978). Garcia is the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts, a Pushcart Prize, the Cohen Award from Ploughshares, and the Georgetown Review Poetry Prize. His poems have been published in more than thirty mainstream and avant-garde literary magazines, including Antioch Review, Colorado Review and Ploughshares. His work is collected in thematic anthologies of Latino literature and prose poetry. From 1991-2002, he was Poet-in-Residence at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, where he conducted poetry and art workshops for hospitalized children. Garcia's poem "Adam and Eve's Dog," was selected for Best American Poetry 2004.

Visit Richard online at www.richardgarcia.info

BOA books by Richard Garcia:

Rancho Notorious book cover Rancho Notorious

The Persistence of Objects book cover The Persistence of Objects