Rane Arroyo

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Contents 1 General Information 2 Illinois Connection 3 Biographical and Professional Information 4 Published Works 5 Titles for Purchase and at Your Library 6 Literary Awards 7 Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances 8 External Links 9 Editing

[edit] General Information

Name: Rane Arroyo

Pen Name: None

Born: 1954 in Chicago, Illinois

Website: http://ranearroyo.com

Email: rrarroyo@aol.com

[edit] Illinois Connection

Rane Arroyo was born in Chicago.

[edit] Biographical and Professional Information

Rane Arroyo is a Puerto Rican/Latino performance artist, poet and author who was born in Chicago. He earned his Ph.D. in English/Cultural Studies from the University of Pittsburgh where he wrote his dissertation on issues surrounding the Chicago Renaissance that parallel the building of a contemporary Latino literary canon.

Currently, he is a professor at the University of Toledo, the co-Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Association of Writers and Writing Programs and also the co-Chair for the 2009 Chicago Conference.

[edit] Published Works

• The Singing Shark, Bilingual Press, 1997

• Home Movies of Narcissus, University of Arizona Press, 2002

• How To Name A Hurricane, University of Arizona Press, 2005

• The Portable Famine, BkMk Press, 2005

• The Buried Sea: New and Selected Poems, University of Airzona Press, 2008

• The Rosewell Poems, WorldFarm, 2008

[edit] Titles for Purchase and at Your Library

The Singing Shark ISBN: 0927534614 Release Date: 1996-06 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Home Movies of Narcissus (Camino Del Sol: a Latina and Latino Literary Series) ISBN: 0816521956 Release Date: 2002-05-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

How to Name a Hurricane (A Latina and Latino Literary) ISBN: 0816524602 Release Date: 2005-09-01 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

Portable Famine, The ISBN: 1886157537 Release Date: 2005-11-30 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The Buried Sea: New and Selected Poems (Camino Del Sol/ a Latina and Latino Literary Series) ISBN: 0816527164 Release Date: 2008-09-15 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

The Roswell Poems ISBN: 160226001x Release Date: 2008-02-15 Buy on Amazon | Find on World Cat

[edit] Literary Awards

Carl Sandburg Prize In Poetry for his book The Singing Shark

Pushcart Prize for the poem Breathing Lessons as published in Ploughshares

John Ciardi Poetry Prize for The Portable Famine

Stonewall Books Chapbook Prize

Sonora Review Chapbook Prize

Hart Crane Memorial Poetry Prize

Ohio Arts Council Excellence Award in Poetry

[edit] Speaking Engagements and Upcoming Appearances

Speaking Engagement Availability: Yes, contact author:

Rane Arroyo

3925 Watson Avenue

Toledo, Ohio 43612

[edit] External Links

Rane Arroyo on WorldCat

Rane Arroyo on Amazon

[edit] Editing

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