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About Me

Visit my site for details: www.ranearroyo.com. I'm a published poet, author of 12 books (including one book of short stories). I've won many awards including the Carl Sandburg Prize in Poetry, the John Ciardi Prize, Ohio Arts Council Fellowship, and the Hart Crane Memorial Prize. Love music and films--most of pop culture--and I'm proud of being gay, Puerto Rican and--gasp--Midwestern. Two new books are out: The Roswell Poems (WordFarm Press) and The Buried Sea: New & Selected Poems (University of Arizona Press. The Sky's Weight will be out in November 2009, Dancing At Funerals: New & Selected Plays will be out Spring 20210 as well as new poems, White As Silver. Still have plenty of time for youtube, twitter and netflix.

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My Interests

I'd like to meet:

James Baldwin, Rob Thomas, Rosie Perez, J-Lo, Tennessee Williams, Jean Cocteau, Sam Shepherd, Lillian Hellman, Yukio Mishima, Emily Dickinson, many Israeli pop singers, Georgia O'Keefe, D.H. Lawrence, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Spike Lee, many Russian writers, William Carlos Williams, for a start (let's throw in Jake Gyllenhaal because this is my space). Susan Deer Cloud sent me some Brokeback Mountain postcards recently so this video is to remind us all of where we are as gays continue to be barely human in this society. Not everyone in the Middle East is making war. On a hot summer night-Yehonathan
Christopher Jack--like Mikey Wax, Eric Himan, Matt Nathanson and so many others--stand out as men with things to say and feel. This video talks about the passion of the artist. America seems uncomfortable talking about passion which means much hard work ahead for us--as artists, as those who appreciate art in its many forms.Uncharted Unfiltered: Christopher Jak

My Blog

Two videos based on my poems!

Folded Word Press directed two videos based on  two of my poems.  I thank them for the care. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQOXxAiq5esLeave a comment for them!Rane
Posted by on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:46:00 GMT

Late Night Confession

After a long nap, I'm awake and have the longing to hang out with a singer I've never met, the talented Brendan James (buy his music).  Just to hang out, talk about small things.  He strikes me as a r...
Posted by on Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:07:00 GMT

Heiskell: Music Review: The Now In Somehow

Heiskell, Clip-On Nose Ring I confess I bought this CD because I saw Heiskell did a cover of Dolly Partons Jolene, a song full of bombs and memories for me.  As I was figuring out that I was gay in...
Posted by on Fri, 26 Jun 2009 11:30:00 GMT

Do men really kiss each other?

I got this question from someone who viewed myspace profile.  There are multiple reasons why I've selected these images to be part of my public voice.  In a simple way, minus theory (well, directly) h...
Posted by on Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:27:00 GMT

Return of El Rane

Been quiet but it's quite the challenge to finish two books:  Dancing at Funerals: New &  Selected Plays (Ahadada Press, out early 2010) and poetry, The Sky's Weight (WordTech Press, out in Nov. 2009)...
Posted by on Wed, 17 Jun 2009 19:12:00 GMT

More good news

Just got a copy of this brief book review and I don't mean to brag.  This is a shout out to you writers and singers that being in it for the long term can end up as part of your larger happiness."Rane...
Posted by on Sun, 03 May 2009 05:39:00 GMT

Why not a new poem?

Why God Is Jealous Of Humans Poets understand not wanting to write a poem, to not have sexon a day off from the brothel.  Readers think youre always on call.Im thinking of the letter B, of bees, bei...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 20:37:00 GMT

Why not a new poem?

Why God Is Jealous Of Humans Poets understand not wanting to write a poem, to not have sexon a day off from the brothel.  Readers think youre always on call.Im thinking of the letter B, of bees, bei...
Posted by on Fri, 01 May 2009 20:37:00 GMT

Anniversary surprise

OK, this Sunday is my anniversary.  This is a shout out to my man,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH-qtFN5UTc&NR=1
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:52:00 GMT

The world needs a love poem today

Antibiotics pretend to be the bodys bodyguard whenyou were that, naked on the fire escapeand kissing me in New York as if it was new. I was never safer, never more valued, nevereverything before the ...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:35:00 GMT