
rigonzal [at] newark.rutgers.edu
Phone
973-353-5150
Office Location
43 Bleeker Street
Newark, NJ 07102
Rigoberto González is the author of 17 books of poetry and prose, most recently the poetry collection The Book of Ruin (2019). Rigoberto González has also edited Camino del Sol: 15 Years of Latina and Latino Writing. His awards include Lannan, Guggenheim, NEA, NYFA, and USA Rolón fellowships, the American Book Award, the Lambda Literary Award, the Shelley Memorial Prize from the Poetry Society of America, the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets, and PEN/ Voelcker Award for Poetry.
Awards
2014 Lenore Marshal Poetry Prize
2014 United States Artists Fellow
http://www.unitedstatesartists-2014fellows.org
2013-2014 Faculty Scholar-Teacher Award