Vincent Toro
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Favorite Books:
Puerto Rican Obiturary- Pedro Pietri
The Woman Who Fell From the Sky- Joy Harjo
2666- Roberto Bolano
Parable of the Sower- Octavia Butler
Cosmic Canticle- Ernesto Cardenal
Almanac of the Dead- Leslie Marmon Silko
A People's History of the United States- Howard Zinn
What I'm Reading Now, Book 1:
The Book of Disquiet
What I'm Reading Now, Book 5:
Heaven is All Goodbyes
What I'm Reading Now, Book 2:
The Tertiary
What I'm Reading Now, Book 3:
The Museum of Eterna's Novel
What I'm Reading Now, Book 4:
Salvage
Prizes Won:
2018: Amiri Baraka Scholarship, Naropa University. Nominee, Best of the Net. Nuestras Voces Playwriting Award. 2016: Winner, The Poetry Society of America's Norma Farber First Book Award. Winner, The Caribbean Writer's Cecile De Jongh Poetry Prize. 2015: Winner, Ahsahta Press Sawtooth Poetry Prize, Pushcart Prize Nominee. 2014:New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship in Poetry. Pushcart Prize Nominee. Finalist, Beatrice Hawley Award. Finalist, Andres Montoya Poetry Prize. Poet's House Emerging Poets Fellowship. 2011: Winner of the Metlife Nuestras Voces Playwriting Award. 2009: Winner, Alamo Theater Arts Council award for Best Director, Finalist for the Metlife Nuestras Voces Playwriting Award. 2008: The City of San Antonio's November Artist of the Month. 2007: Finalist for the Artist Foundation Literary Arts Prize. 2005: Finalist for the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Prize.
Private Phone:
2014612797
Private E-mail:
toropoet@gmail.com
With whom do you prefer to work?:
Any
New York
How do you want to identify yourself?:
Latino/Latina
Born in (City):
Manhattan
Raised in (City):
North Bergen
Raised in (State):
New Jersey
First Name:
Vincent
Photo of the Author:
vincent_toro.jpg
Last Name:
Toro
Yes
Are you interested in giving readings?:
Yes
Are you willing to travel to give readings?:
Yes
Legacy Writer ID:
143583
Listed as:
Poet
Application Accepted:
Application Accepted
E-mail:
Website:
www.grito.org [2]
Fort Lee,
NJ
07024
300 Maple Avenue
Apt. 1
Fort Lee,
NJ
07024
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Grito
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Ahsahta Press
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The Poetry Society of America
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The Cortland Review
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BOAAT Journal
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On Bombing [6]