Xochiquetzal Candelaria | |
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Born | San Juan Bautista, California, U.S. | June 13, 1973
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley New York University |
Occupation(s) | Poet, Professor |
Employer | City College of San Francisco |
Notable work | Empire |
Xochiquetzal Candelaria (born June 13, 1973) is an American poet from San Juan Bautista, California. [1] Her work has been showcased in The New England Review and The Nation and she has also received multiple fellowships through the National Endowment for the Arts as well as other organizations. [2]
Candelaria earned her Bachelor's degree in rhetoric from the University of California, Berkeley and a Master's degree in English and American Literature from New York University. [3]
Her debut poetry collection Empire was published in 2011 by the University of Arizona Press. [4] Candelaria is currently a professor at the City College of San Francisco where she has taught English since 2008. [5] [3]