Francisco Aragón
Director- Letras Latinas

A member of the Institute since 2003, Francisco Aragón is the author of Puerta del Sol (Bilingual Press) and Glow of Our Sweat (Scapegoat Press), a collection of poetry, translations, and prose. He is also the editor of the award-winning anthology The Wind Shifts: New Latino Poetry (University of Arizona Press). His poems and commentary on poetry have appeared in a range of anthologies and literary publications, including Crab Orchard Review, Chelsea, Jacket, Poetry Daily, and the website of the Poetry Foundation. He directs Letras Latinas, the Institute's literary program, which is national in scope, from Washington DC and serves as Vice President of the board of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP). He is also the editor of Canto Cosas, a book series from Bilingual Press featuring new Latino and Latina poets. In 2010 the American Association for Hispanics in Higher Education (AAHHE) honored Aragón with their Outstanding Latino/a Cultural Arts, Literary Arts and Publication Award. For more information, visit http://franciscoaragon.net/.