Human suffering is articulated in language; communication is how we seek help, consolation, etc.

- Rigoberto Gonzalez

I figure I write for people who are intelligent enough to do some labor. Lazy readers are not my ideal readers.

- Rigoberto Gonzalez

I never try to force poems into a collection simply because they were written/published within a certain period of time. They will eventually find th…

- Rigoberto Gonzalez

I enjoy working on a number of projects - books - at once.

- Rigoberto Gonzalez

Publishers have in-house editors, but I hire my own before I submit the work to publishers. They appreciate it and I feel more confident about the ma…

- Rigoberto Gonzalez

I like to move around in the landscape between poetry and prose, between the lyrical and the narrative.

- Rigoberto Gonzalez

I pay editors. I never ask friends or colleagues to work for free.

- Rigoberto Gonzalez

I tend to overuse the word "project" only because "book" is terrifying while I'm still in the middle of something. A project can fail. I don't want a…

- Rigoberto Gonzalez

Matt Mason must be declared the poet laureate of the Midwest! No other native son celebrates the overlooked America, its unsung citizens (from the an…

- Rigoberto Gonzalez