Behinds Quote by Rigoberto Gonzalez

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

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

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

“I look through the window at the huge valley lit up with different colors. The town is cradled by the dark mountains. From afar…

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

“Funerals in México are also about drowning sorrow with liquor. The coffee is spiked with tequila”

— Rigoberto González

I always revise when I publish in a book. So versions in magazines are sometimes slightly different.

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

I enjoy working on a number of projects - books - at once.

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

“What's a kiss? The sound loneliness makes when it dies.”

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

I like to move around in the landscape between poetry and prose, between the lyrical and the narrative.

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

I figure I write for people who are intelligent enough to do some labor. Lazy readers are not my ideal readers.

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

I pay editors. I never ask friends or colleagues to work for free.

— Rigoberto Gonzalez

Human suffering is articulated in language; communication is how we seek help, consolation, etc.

— Rigoberto Gonzalez