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Innovative Mexican-American poet Iván Argüelles is widely published. He was raised in Mexico DF, Los Angeles, and Rochester MN. He received a BA in Classics from the Univ of Chicago, and an MA in Library Science from Vanderbilt Univ. A professional librarian, he was employed by the New York Public Library and the Library at Univ of California, Berkeley. A prolific writer he has published numerous poetry collections, among them: "That" Goddess; Madonna Septet; Comedy , Divine , The; FIAT LUX; Orphic Cantos; HOIL; Twilight Cantos; The Rudiments of Poetry; and The Shape of Air. He received the 1989 William Carlos Williams Award for Looking for Mary Lou. In 2019 he received an American Book Award for his collection The Death of Stalin. In 2013 he received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Before Columbus Foundation.
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