Current (and inaugural) Poet Laureate of Arizona Host of «Books & Co.,» a highly-regarded television show featured on a PBS-affiliate station in Arizona Recently elected (2014) as a Chancellor for the Academy of American Poets
– Lehrer NewsHour to feature segment on Alberto Ríos’s poetry as it relates to the U.S.–Mexico border – paperback of cloth edition – cloth edition nominated for all major prizes and we are awaiting word – Ríos also known for his short fiction – Ríos represented in over 175 national and international anthologies and has been adapted to dance and both classical and popular music – “Ríos is arguably the best Latino poet writing in English today.”—Prairie Schooner
– each of his poetry volumes with Norton sold in excess of 3000 copies – Ríos has an enthusiastic following within the Hispanic community – everyone at CCP is enthusiastic about this book – it is poetry filled with memorable characters that leap off the p