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
The Persistence of Objects
