Ruben Quesada

Ruben Quesada is an award-winning poet and editor. He edited the groundbreaking anthology Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry, winner of the Gold Medal from the Independent Publisher Book Awards. His forthcoming collection of poetry, Brutal Companion, was awarded the Barrow Street Press Editors Prize. His poetry and criticism appear in The New York Times Magazine, Best American Poetry, Ploughshares, Harvard Review, and American Poetry Review. He has served as poetry editor for AGNI, Poet Lore, Pleiades, Tab Journal, and as a poetry blogger for The Kenyon Review and Ploughshares. He has served as a literary advisor for the Smithsonian Institution, NEA, and Publishing Triangle Awards. He is an Editorial Advisor for JackLeg Press. Prior to joining Antioch, Ruben held teaching positions at Tin House, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Northwestern University, and School of the Art Institute, among other institutions.