 | Butterfly Boy : Memories of a Chicano Mariposa Winner of the American Book Award Rigoberto González is the author of many award-winning books for adults and children, among them So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water until It Breaks , a selection of the National Poetry Series; the novel Crossing Vines , named the ForeWord Fiction Book of the Year; and the teen novel The Mariposa Club , named to the American Library Association's Rainbow List. He is a contributing editor to the magazine Poets and Writers , on the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle, and on the advisory circle of Con Tinta, a coalition of Chicano/Latino activist writers. He is associate professor of English at Rutgers University at Newark. |
