Matt Mason must be declared the poet laureate of the Midwest! No other native son celebrates the overlooked America, its unsung citizens (from the anonymous poets to the part-time English teachers), and its expansive indigenous landscape, as well as he… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I never try to force poems into a collection simply because they were written/published within a certain period of time. They will eventually find… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
Publishers have in-house editors, but I hire my own before I submit the work to publishers. They appreciate it and I feel more confident… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I tend to overuse the word "project" only because "book" is terrifying while I'm still in the middle of something. A project can fail.… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
“I look through the window at the huge valley lit up with different colors. The town is cradled by the dark mountains. From afar it looks as if nothing can get in or out, but judging by the stillness of the view it's as if the citizens have made peace with it and have settled without worry into their insular… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share
“Funerals in México are also about drowning sorrow with liquor. The coffee is spiked with tequila” — Rigoberto González Copy Share Image
I always revise when I publish in a book. So versions in magazines are sometimes slightly different. — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
One of the things I'm constantly telling my students is that they're never going to write a poem everyone gets, or if they do,… — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I like to move around in the landscape between poetry and prose, between the lyrical and the narrative. — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I figure I write for people who are intelligent enough to do some labor. Lazy readers are not my ideal readers. — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
I pay editors. I never ask friends or colleagues to work for free. — Rigoberto Gonzalez Copy Share Image
