L. Luis López. Courtesy Post Independent / Citizen Telegram.
Longino Luis López (born March 15, 1938) is an American poet and academic.[1]
Life[]
López was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He earned a B.A. from Spring Hill College in Mobile, Alabama; an M.A. from St. John's College in Santa Fe, New Mexico; and a Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque. He also studied at the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in Oxford, England.[1]
Since 1983 he has taught high school and college in Tampa, Florida; Albuquerque, New Mexico; the St. John’s College summer program for inner city students; and The University of New Mexico Honors Program. He is in transitional retirement at Mesa State College in Grand Junction, Colorado.[1]
His poems have has appeared in The Americas Review, Karamu, Motley, New Mexico English Journal, Fan, Pinyon Poetry, The Geography of Hope, Charity, Once Upon a Place, and many other magazines.[2] His work has been anthologized in Talking From the Heart (Men's Network Press, 1990), The Geography of Hope (Conundrum Press, 1998), and Once Upon a Place (Night Owl Books, 2008), Charity (Red Rock Press, 2002).[3]
He also wrote the libretto for Dia de Visitaciones, an operatic play staged twice in Albuquerque and once in San Antonio by Jose Garcia.[2]
He has presented workshops on How to Read Poetry, How to Write Poetry, Sports Poetry, and other topics. He conducts a free monthly poetry workshop at the Mesa County Library in Grand Junction.[4]
Writing[]
López has published 3 collections of poetry: Musings of a Barrio Sack Boy, narrative poetry about growing up in an Albuquerque neighborhood, written in English, Spanish, and Spanglish; A Painting of Sand, a book of lyric poetry inspired by the Ghost Ranch in Abiquiu, New Mexico, written in English (and some Spanish); and Each Month I Sing.[2]
Recognition[]
López has received four grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities.[1]
Each Month I Sing won the 2008 American Book Award for poetry awarded by The Before Columbus Foundation, and the 2008 EVVY award in poetry presented by the Colorado Independent Publishers Association.[2]
Publications[]
- Musings of a Barrio Sack Boy: In English, Spanish, and Spanglish. Grand Junction, CO: Farolito Press, 2000.
- A Painting of Sand: Poems from Ghost Ranch. Grand Junction, CO: Farolito Press, 2000.
- Each Month I Sing. Grand Junction, CO: Farolito Press, 2008.
- Andromeda to Vulpecula: 88 constellation poems. Grand Junction, CO: Farolito Press, 2014.
Except where note, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Biography, L. Luis Lopez, lluislopez.com. Web, Oct. 18, 2015.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Books, L. Luis Lopez, lluislopez.com. Web, Oct. 18, 2015.
- ↑ L. Luis Lopez, Directory of Writers, Poets & Writers. Web, Oct. 18, 2015.
- ↑ Workshops, L. Luis Lopez, lluislopez.com. Web, Oct. 18, 2015.
- ↑ Search results = au:L Luis Lopez, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Oct. 18, 2015.
External links[]
- Poems
- Books
- L. Luis López at Amazon.com
- About
- L. Luis López Official website.
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