Empire

About the Author

a b o u t t h e a u t h o r Xochiqueztal Candelaria was raised in San Juan Bautista, California, holds degrees from the University of California–Berkeley and New York University, and is a faculty member at San Francisco City College. Her work has appeared in The Nation, New England Review, Gulf Coast, Seneca Review, and other magazines. She has also written articles for the online journal Solo Ella. Ms. Candelaria received fellowships from UC Berkeley, New York University, the Vermont Studio Center, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference (2005, 2006), Hall Farm Center for Arts and Education, the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund, and the LEF Foundation. She was the winner of the 2006 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize, the Louisiana Literature Prize for Poetry, and the Gulf Coast Poetry Prize. In 2009, Ms. Candelaria received an individual literature fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Candelaria, Xochiquetzal, 1973– Empire : poems / by Xochiquetzal Candelaria. p. cm. — (Camino del sol) ISBN 978-0-8165-2882-0 (pbk. : alk. paper) I. Title. PS3603.A5358E67 2011 811’.6–dc22 2010026533 ...