Guy Gonzalez

Poet, Spoken Word Artist

Bloomfield, NJ

New Jersey US

Email:

glecharles@loudpoet.com

Website:

loudpoet.com

Twitter/X:

@glecharles

RSS feed:

loudpoet.com/feed/

Author's Bio

Guy LeCharles Gonzalez is Chief Strategist at Free Verse Media. Previously, he was publisher & marketing director for Writer’s Digest; director, content strategy & audience development for Library Journal & School Library Journal; and founding director of programming & business development for Digital Book World. Sometimes loud, one-time poet, always opinionated. He/Him.

Publications & Prizes

Poetry

Anthologies:

di-verse-city 2000 (Austin International Poetry Foundation, 2000)

Will Work for Peace (Zeropanik Press, 1999)

Journals:

Drumvoices Revue

Stovepipe

Spoken Word

Anthology:

Spoken Word Revolution, Redux (Sourcebooks, Inc., 2007)

Book:

Burning Down the House w/ R. Bonair-Agard (Soft Skull Press, 2000)

Performances:

Austin International Poetry Festival (2000)

Connecticut Poetry Festival (2000)

Austin International Poetry Festival (1999)

National Poetry Slam (1999)

SOUPFest (1999)

National Poetry Slam (1998)

Prizes won:

National Poetry Slam, 1998 (Nuyorican Poets Café)

More Information

Gives readings:

Yes

Travels for readings:

Yes

Identifies as:

African American, Latino/Latina/Latinx

Prefers to work with:

Any

Fluent in:

English

Born in:

New York, NY

New York

Raised in:

Bronx, NY

New York

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Last update: Aug 21, 2019