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Robert Frost's "Fire and Ice" Recited by 2-year Old LatinoStories 69 views Two year old boy recites Robert Frost's famous poem, "Fire and Ice."
2011 X El Salvador International Poetry Festival LatinoStories 90 views 2011 X El Salvador International Poetry Festival sponsored by the Fundación Poetas de El Salvador. Video created by LatinoStories.Com. Poets in the festival included: US...
"My Teacher" Poem LatinoStories 358 views Sofia Gonzalez, 6, reads her poem, "My Teacher," in front of an audience of 300 people. Poem is dedicated to her first grade teacher, Ann Haywood Leal, author of Also Know...
Irene Vilar Reading at 2011 AWP LatinoStories 149 views This is part of the LatinoStories.Com Latino Author Video Collection. Irene Vilar read this excerpt at the 2011 AWP Conference.
Richard Yañez Reading Cross Over Water LatinoStories 88 views Part of the LatinoStories.Com Latino Author Video Collection. Richard Yañez reads from his new novel, Cross Over Water, at the 2011 AWP Conference.
LaChiPo Reading at 2011 AWP LatinoStories 61 views Part of the LatinoStories.Com Latino Author Video Collection. This reading was a panel at the 2011 AWP Conference. LaChiPo and the New Latino Poetics/Politics. (John-Mich...
Eduardo C. Corral Reading Poem LatinoStories 182 views Part of the LatinoStories.Com Latino Author Video Collection. Eduardo C. Corral read this poem as part of the panel, "Behind the Brown Wall: Chicana and Chicano Voices Ris...
Carolina Monsiváis Reads Poetry LatinoStories 83 views Part of the LatinoStories.Com Latino Author Video Collection. Carolina Monsiváis is the author of Somewhere Between Houston and El Paso: Testimonies of a Poet (Poesia Teja...
Rene Saldana Reads A Good Long Way LatinoStories 155 views Rene Saldana, Jr., is the author of The Jumping Tree, Finding Our Way: Stories, and A Good Long Way. This video is a part of the LatinoStories.Com Latino Author Reading Ser...
Carlos Eire, Cuban-American Author Reads Learning to Die in Miami LatinoStories 906 views Carlos Eire, the National Book Award Winner for Waiting for Snow in Havana, reads from his new book, Learning to Die in Miami. Eire, a professor at Yale University, is an ...

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Biography and Speaker Information: Jose B. Gonzalez was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, and immigrated to New London, Connecticut at the age of eight. He has been the recipient of such honors as the 2009 American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Outstanding Faculty of the Year Award, Connecticut's Higher Education Multicultural Faculty of the Year Award and has published poetry in such journals as Callaloo, The Teacher's Voice, Palabra, Acentos Review, Calabash and Colere, and anthologies including Coloring Book, Nantucket: A Collection, and Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature, which he also co-edited. His work was most recently included in a special edition of OCHO featuring Latino poets. He was the recipient of the 2006 Poet of the Year Award presented by the New England Association of Teachers of English. In addition, he has contributed critical and nonfiction essays to such journals as New England Quarterly and to National Public Radio. Jose infuses his presentations with a mix of poetry, humor, and social commentary. He holds a Masters in Teaching in English from Brown University and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rhode Island. He has presented at various conferences, schools and colleges such as Yale University, Wright State University, University of Connecticut, Eastern Connecticut State University, Connecticut College, Boston College, and he has been keynote speaker for a number of Hispanic Heritage Month events. He is currently a Professor of English at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. For information on scheduling him for a speaking engagement, e-mail: jgonzalez@latinostories.com.

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NEATE Poet of the Year, AAHHE Latino Faculty of the Year, NAME Multicultural Faculty of the Year, Editor of Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature and LatinoStories.com. Keynote speaker.

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U.S. Coast Guard Academy, Brown University, University of Rhode Island, Bryant University.

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