Ariel Francisco
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Ariel Francisco Henriquez Cos is the author of A Sinking Ship is Still a Ship (Burrow Press, 2020), All My Heroes Are Broke (C&R Press, 2017) which was named one of the 8 Best Latino Books of 2017 by Rigoberto Gonzalez, and Before Snowfall, After Rain(Glass Poetry Press, 2016). Born in the Bronx to Dominican and Guatemalan parents, he was raised in Miami and completed his MFA at Florida International University. He now lives in Brooklyn and is completing a masters in literary translation. He was named one of the Five Florida Writers to Watch in 2019 by The Miami New Times. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The New Yorker Podcast, The Rumpus, The New York City Ballet, Performance Today, and elsewhere. His first translation collection, Carolina Sanchez's Viaje/Voyage (Editorial Ultramarina, 2020) was just published in Spain.
You can contact him at Ariel.Francisco.305@gmail.com for publication solicitations, manuscript consultations, translations, and reading opportunities.
Upcoming Reading 7/20