Episode 54: Benjamin Garcia
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Episode 54: Benjamin Garcia
Los Angeles Poet Laureate Lynne Thompson reads Benjamin Garcia’s poem "To the Unborn Sibling" from his collection Thrown in the Throat.
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Benjamin Garcia’s debut collection, Thrown in the Throat, was selected by Kazim Ali for the 2019 National Poetry Series (Milkweed Editions, August 2020).
Benjamin Garcia is the son of Mexican immigrants, one of whom is formerly undocumented and one whose family has lived in New Mexico long before it was claimed by the United States. He is originally from New Mexico, raised in Texas, and currently lives in New York. He received his BA from the University of New Mexico and his MFA from Cornell University.
Source: BenjaminGarciaPoet.com
