John Olivares Espinoza
Born in Indio, California in 1978, John Olivares Espinoza derives his poetic inspiration through his days working as a gardener with his family. He holds degrees in creative writing from the University of California at Riverside and Arizona State University in Tempe, where he was a Paul and Daisy Soros New American Fellow. He has published two chapbooks,
Aluminum Times (Davis: Swan Scythe Press, 2002) and
Gardeners of Eden (Berkeley: Chicano Chapbook Series, 2000). His full-length collection of poetry,
The Date Fruit Elegies, is forthcoming from Bilingual Review Press. He teaches English literature at the National Hispanic University in San Jose, California.
Posted on December 17, 2005 5:38 AM
