Iowa Review Poetry Prize Winner 2021

My poems, “La Almohada”, “dotofrom” and “Propped Up Things” were selected by poet Tracie Morris to be awarded the Iowa Review 2021 Poetry Prize. Morris commented as follow: “La Almohada is a richly textured, strongly sonic poem that interweaves past and present, multiple cultures and how we are connected to—and indebted to—each other linguistically. It is satisfying work, worth spending time with.” Publication forthcoming in Iowa Review 50/4 in Spring 2022. These will be my first published poems since I was in college. I am so grateful to have been selected to be printed in the Iowa Review, such an esteemed source for American letters.