Jose B. Gonzalez


Jose B. Gonzalez is a Latino poet and educator.
Gonzalez authored the poetry collections, Toys Made of Rock, and When Love Was Reels, and with John S. Christie, served as Co-Editor of Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature. He was born in San Salvador, El Salvador in 1967, where he lived until he was eight. After his father and then his mother migrated to the U.S., he rejoined his family when he migrated to New London, Connecticut in 1976.
He has appeared as a guest poet on Univision and American Latino TV and has been a contributor to Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education and National Public Radio.
His poetry has been published in Quercus Review, Callaloo, The Teacher's Voice, Palabra, Acentos Review, and Colere, and anthologies including Coloring Book, Nantucket: A Collection, and Latino Boom: An Anthology of U.S. Latino Literature, and Ocho. He founded LatinoStories.com.
He is a graduate of New London High School, and holds a Bachelor of Science from Bryant University, a Master's in Teaching English from Brown University, and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Rhode Island. He is a professor of English at the United States Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut.

Awards

He is the recipient of the following awards:

Poetry collections

Gonzalez has been a featured speaker throughout the country including at Fairfield University, Rutgers University Pittsburg State University, Del Mar College, Cornell University Connecticut College, The Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian in Washington DC, at festivals such as the Newburyport Literary Festival, and the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival. He has presented his poetry in countries such as El Salvador and Spain.