Morin

Tomás Q. Morín is the author of the poetry collection Machete (Knopf, 2021) and the memoir Let Me Count the Ways (Univ. of Nebraska, 2022). His first collection of poetry A Larger Country was the winner of the American Poetry Review/Honickman Prize and runner-up for the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award. Patient Zero, his second poetry collection, was described by Publishers Weekly in a starred review as "striking in capturing everyday actions with startling, musical wit." With Mari L’Esperance he co-edited Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine, a book that explores the art and value of Philip Levine's five decades of teaching. In his work as a translator, Morín translated Pablo Neruda’s visionary The Heights of Macchu Picchu, as well as Luisa Pardo & Gabino Rodriguez's libretto Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance, a magisterial opera composed by Graham Reynolds.

Research Areas

Poetry; Translation; Hybrid works; Memoir; Contemporary American Poetry; Prosody

Education

M.F.A., Creative Writing, Texas State University

M.A., Hispanic & Italian Studies, Johns Hopkins University

BA, Spanish, Texas State University

Teaching Areas

Creative Writing

Honors & Awards

2022, Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship

2022, National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship

2021, Civitella Ranieri Fellowship

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