He has published over thirty books of poetry, fiction, translation, and edited collections. His areas of scholarly interest focus on the international avant-garde and the culture of the U.S.-Mexico border region. He has translated works from Italian, Portuguese, German, and Spanish. Blue Shift (a book-length poem) was published by Ex Nihilo Press, San Francisco (1999). He is currently preparing a bilingual English/Spanish anthology of poetry by Baja California poets to be published by Junction Press. He was educated at the University of California, SDSU, New York University, the Kunstgewerbeschule of the City of Zürich, and Pacifica Graduate Institute. He is a permanent visiting professor in the program in Semiotics and Communication of the Pontifical Catholic University of Sãão Paulo, Brazil. He is Director of San Diego State Press.