In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month, we'll revisit Rigoberto González, who won the 2015 Lifetime Achievement Award from Association of Lesbians and Gay Men in Publishing. Inspired by Latino writers Octavio Paz and Gabriel GarcĂa Marquez to write across genres, Rigoberto González discusses his work that includes poetry, fiction for young people and adults, memoir and criticism. A self-proclaimed gay Chicano, his book Butterfly Boy won the 2007 American Book Award, and his 2014 poetry book, Unpeopled Eden, won both the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry, as well as the esteemed Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize from the Academy of American poets. In 2013, two non-fiction books by González were published, Red-Inked Retablos and Autobiography of My Hungers, followed in 2015 with his young adult novel, Mariposa U, and his poetry chapbook, Our Lady of the Crossword. He talks about the many influences on his work, including his relationship with his father and brother, the idea of "Mariposa Culture," and his role as a literary critic. Winner of the 2020 PEN/Voelkner Poetry Award, his 2022 book, Abuela in Shadow, Abuela in Light, is a memoir about his indigenous Mexican grandmother who raised him after his mother's death. Listen to the full show on our PRX page at: https://bit.ly/3EcYCok