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Jose B. Gonzalez

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José B. González was born in San Salvador, El Salvador, and lived there until the age of eight, at which point he emigrated to the United States and was reunited with his parents, who had left to escape their country’s civil turmoil and to find work. His poetry collection, Toys Made of Rock, is about his voyage from El Salvador to becoming a professor of English.

A Fulbright Scholar to Spain, he has been the recipient of such honors as the New England Association of Teachers of English Poet of the Year Award and the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education Outstanding Latino Faculty of the Year Award. His poetry has appeared in numerous anthologies including Theatre Under My Skin: Contemporary Salvadoran Poetry and journals suc ...more

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	Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature by John S. Christie, Jose B. Gonzalez (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2005 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Toys Made of Rock 4.69 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wandering Song: Central American Writing in the United States by Héctor Tobar (Editor), Juan José Dalton, Leticia Hernandez Linares (Editor) 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2017	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	When Love Was Reels 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ocho #15: Mipoesias Magazine Print Companion by Francisco Aragón (Editor), Lisa Alvarado (Goodreads Author), Oscar Bermeo (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2007 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Sing: The Body: Poems about Body Image by René Saldaña Jr. (Editor), Josephine Cásarez (Contributor), Enedina C. Vásquez (Contributor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2021	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars