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  <name><![CDATA[Ray Gonzalez]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[The work of award-winning poet and editor Ray Gonzalez is inextricably linked to his Mexican ancestry and his American southwestern upbringing. Born and raised in El Paso, Texas, Gonzalez has employed Chicano imagery in his poetry, oftentimes alluding to America's indigenous past, and particularly to the southwestern desert cultures. Gonzalez has published several collections of his poetry and has served as editor of several anthologies of writings, most of which emphasize the contributions of Chicano authors to the literary scene. These anthologies, including 1998's Touching the Fire: Fifteen Poets of Today's Latino Renaissance, provide a medium for many up-and-coming Latino writers to get their work to the public. ]]></about>    <gender>male</gender>  <hometown>El Paso, Texas</hometown>      
  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Muy Macho]]></title>
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  <published>1996</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[No Boundaries: Prose Poems by 24 American Poets]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ray Gonzalez]]></name>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[After Aztlan: Latino Poetry of the Nineties]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ray Gonzalez]]></name>
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  <published>1992</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Consideration of the Guitar: New And Selected Poems, 1986-2005 (American Poets Continuum Series,)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ray Gonzalez]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Heat of Arrivals: Poems (American Poets Continuum, No 39)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ray Gonzalez]]></name>
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  <published>1996</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Hawk Temple at Tierra Grande: Poems (American Poets Continuum Series,)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ray Gonzalez]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[Turtle Pictures (Camino Del Sol)]]></title>
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  <published>2000</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[Currents from the Dancing River: Contemporary Latino Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ray Gonzalez]]></name>
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  <published>1994</published>  
  
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  <title><![CDATA[The Religion Of Hands: Prose Poems And Flash Fictions (Camino del Sol: A Latina and Latino Literary (Paperback))]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ray Gonzalez]]></name>
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  <published>2005</published>  
  
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        <book id="2111251">
  <title><![CDATA[Human Crying Daisies]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[Ray Gonzalez]]></name>
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  <published>2003</published>  
  
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