Manuel Iris is a Mexican-born, bilingual American poet who has served as Poet Laureate of Cincinnati, Ohio, Writer-in-Residence at the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, and Writer-in-Residence at Thomas More University. In 2021, he was named a member of the prestigious National System of Art Creators of Mexico. Iris is the author of five poetry collections, published in several countries. He has received national and international recognition for his poetic work, including the Ambroggio poetry prize from the Academy of American Poets for his forthcoming book, The whole earth is a garden of monsters/Toda la tierra es un jardín de monstruos. In 2023, the Autonomous University of Chiapas in Mexico released Translator of Silence: CManuel Iris is a Mexican-born, bilingual American poet who has served as Poet Laureate of Cincinnati, Ohio, Writer-in-Residence at the Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, and Writer-in-Residence at Thomas More University. In 2021, he was named a member of the prestigious National System of Art Creators of Mexico. Iris is the author of five poetry collections, published in several countries. He has received national and international recognition for his poetic work, including the Ambroggio poetry prize from the Academy of American Poets for his forthcoming book, The whole earth is a garden of monsters/Toda la tierra es un jardín de monstruos. In 2023, the Autonomous University of Chiapas in Mexico released Translator of Silence: Critical Approaches to Manuel Iris’s Literary Works [Traductor del silencio: acercamientos críticos a la obra de Manuel Iris], a collection of essays, reviews, and interviews by 23 authors exploring his poetry....more