Alberto Álvaro Ríos is the author of numerous poetry collections, including A Small Story about the Sky; three short story collections; and a memoir, Capirotada, which received the Latino Literary Hall of Fame Award. He is the recipient of a Walt Whitman Award, as well as six Pushcart Prizes in poetry and fiction. His poetry collection The Theater of Night won the 2007 PEN/ Beyond Margins Award. Ríos is Regents’ Professor at Arizona State University.
WORKS THAT HAVE APPEARED IN NARRATIVE:
- Perfect for Any Occasion, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2017–2018
- When Giving Is All We Have, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2016–2017
- Day of the Refugios, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2015–2016
- Feeding the Compost Heap, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2010–2011
- The Dangerous Shirt, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2009-2010
- A Small Motor, poetry, in Poems of the Week: 2008–2009
- Three Poems, poetry, in Spring 2008