Aldo Amparán

Poet

El Paso, TX
Texas US
Email: 
aldo.amparan@gmail.com
Website: 
aldoamparan.com
Twitter/X: 
@skygoneout

Author's Bio

Aldo Amparán is the author of Brother Sleep (Alice James Books, 2022), which won the Alice James Award in 2020, and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry in 2023. Their second book, The House Has Teeth, is forthcoming from Alice James Books in September 2026. They have received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts & CantoMundo.

Amparán's work has been widely published in magazines & anthologies, including the Academy of American Poets' Poem-a-Day, AGNI, Best New Poets, Gulf Coast, The Journal, Kenyon Review Online, New England Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Magazine, & elsewhere.

Born & raised in the border cities of El Paso, TX, USA, & Ciudad Juárez, CHIH, Mexico, Amparán received their MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Texas at El Paso. 

Education: 
University of Texas at El Paso MFA
Writers Retreats: 
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

Publications & Prizes

Books:
The House Has Teeth (Alice James Books, 2026)
,
Brother Sleep (Alice James Books, 2022)
Prizes won: 
  • 2021, National Endowment for the Arts
  • 2020, Alice James Award for Brother Sleep (September, 2022)

Personal Favorites

Favorite authors: 
Jericho Brown, Andres Cerpa, Dennis Cooper, Louise Gluck, francine j. harris, Diana Khoi Ngyuen, Sharon Olds, Sasha Pimentel, sam sax, Natalie Scenters-Zapico Ocean Vuong

More Information

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx, LGBTQ, Mexican American
Fluent in: 
English, Spanish
Born in: 
El Paso, TX
Texas
Raised in: 
Ciudad Juárez, CHH
Mexico
Chihuahua
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Last update: Jun 30, 2024