Rodrigo Toscano Explained

Rodrigo Toscano (born 1964 in San Diego) is an Hispano Americano poet and labor and environmental activist. He has worked with the Labor Institute since 2000 as a director of national projects. He is also a lifelong amateur classical pianist.

Life

Originally from San Diego, California, Toscano lived in San Francisco from 1995 to 1999, and in Brooklyn, New York from 1999 to 2015.^[1] He works for the Labor Institute based in New York City, and lives in New Orleans, Louisiana.^[2] He has authored eleven poetry books and received multiple translations.

Awards

• 1998 Fund for Poetry
• 2005 Fund for Poetry
• 2005 New York State Fellowship in Poetry
• 2007 National Poetry Series
• 2019 Edwin Markham prize for poetry

Works

Poetry

• Arbiter. Parenthesis. 1995.
• Book: Partisans. O Books. 1999. 9781882022373.
• Book: The Disparities. Green Integer. 2002. 9781931243254.
• Book: Platform . Atelos. 2003. 9781891190155.
• Book: To Leveling Swerve. Krupskaya. 2004. 9781928650232.
• Book: Collapsible Poetics Theater. Fence Books. 2008. 9781934200186.
• Book: Deck of Deeds. Counterpath. 2012. 9781933996318.
• Book: Explosion Rocks Springfield. Fence Books. 2016. 9780986437342.
• Book: In Range. Counterpath. 2019. 9781933996738.
• Book: The Charm & The Dread. Fence Books. 2022. 9781944380229.
• Book: The Cut Point. Counterpath. 2023. 9781933996837.

Dialogues & Interviews

• https://rodrigotoscano.com/interviews-dialogues/

Anthologies

• Book: Resist Much / Obey Little. Dispatches Editions. 2017. 9781944682323. Anne Waldman. Nathaniel Mackey. Ruben Medina. Roberto Harrison. Anne Waldman. Nathaniel Mackey. Ruben Medina. Roberto Harrison.
• Book: Imagined Theatres . Daniel Sack . Daniel Sack . Palgrave . 2017. 9781138122048.
• Book: The Canary Island Connection: 60 Contemporary American Poets . Manuel Brito . Zasterle . 2017. 9788487467509.
• Book: Viz. Inter-Arts: Interventions . Roxanne Power . Viz. Inter-Arts . 2016. 9780978621520.
• Book: Best American Experimental Writing 2015 . Douglas Kearney . Wesleyan . 2015. 9780819576071.
• Book: Angels of the Americlypse . Carmen Gimenez Smith. John Chavez. Carmen Gimenez Smith. John Chavez. Counterpath . 2014. 9781933996394.
• Book: Kindergarde: Avant-Garde Poems for Children . Dana Teen Lomax . Black Radish Books . 2013 . 9780985083762.
• Book: The Sonnets (Translating and Rewriting Shakespeare) . Sharmila Cohen. Paul Legault . Night Boat Books / Telephone Books . 2012. 9781937658076.
• Book: Against Expression . Craig Dworkin . Craig Dworkin . Northwestern University Press . 2011. 9780810127111.
• Book: The Best of Fence (First 9 years) . Rebecca Wolf . Fence Books . 2009 . 9781934200063 . registration .
• Book: Voices Without Borders . Robert L Giron . Gival Press . 2009. 9781928589433.
• Book: Malditos Latinos Malditos Sudacas . Monica de La Torre. Rocio Ceron. Cristián Gómez . Monica de La Torre. Ediciones el Billar de Lucrecia . 2009. 9786070021084.
• Book: Diasporic Avant Gardes . Barrett Watten. Carrie Noland. Barrett Watten. Carie Noland. Palgrave . 2009. 9781137087515.
• Book: The Noulipian Analects . Teresa Carmody . Les Figues Press . 2007. 9781934254004.
• Book: Here Comes Everybody (an Anthology) . Lance Phillips. Geoffrey Gatza . Blaze VOX . 2007. 9781934289044.
• Book: Best American Poetry 2004 . . Scribner . 2004 . 0743257375 . registration .
• Book: War and Peace. Leslie Scalapino. Leslie Scalapino. O Books. 2004. 9781882022526.
• Book: In the Criminal's Cabinet: An anthology of poetry and fiction . Val Stevenson. Todd Swift. Val Stevenson. Todd Swift. Nth Position Press . 2004. 9780954626815.

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Notes and References

1. Book: Lehman, David. The Best American Poetry 2004 & 2007: Series Editor David Lehman. 2004-09-14. Simon and Schuster. 9780743257572. en.
2. Web site: Brandeis University Press.