FAQ
Questions, answered plainly.
The short factual answers — about the books, the translation work, teaching, and how to get in touch.
- Who is Blas Falconer?
- Blas Falconer is a poet, translator, and editor — the author of four poetry collections, most recently Rara Avis (Four Way Books, 2024), winner of the Publishing Triangle Thom Gunn Award in Gay Poetry. He teaches in the MFA program at San Diego State University, where he serves as editor-in-chief of Poetry International Online.
- What books has Blas Falconer written?
- Four poetry collections: Rara Avis (Four Way Books, 2024); Forgive the Body This Failure (Four Way Books, 2018); The Foundling Wheel (Four Way Books, 2012); A Question of Gravity and Light (Univ. of Arizona Press, 2007).
- What is Rara Avis?
- Rara Avis (Four Way Books, 2024) is Blas Falconer's most recent poetry collection — a meditation on family, fatherhood, and the rare wonder of being. It won the Publishing Triangle Thom Gunn Award in Gay Poetry.
- What has Blas Falconer translated?
- Padre Tierra: A Poem in 50 Sections by Mariano Zaro (Artepoetica Press, 2025) — a bilingual edition translated from the Spanish.
- What anthologies has Blas Falconer edited?
- He is co-editor of The Other Latin@: Writing Against a Singular Identity (University of Arizona Press, 2011) and Mentor & Muse: Essays from Poets to Poets (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010).
- Where does Blas Falconer teach?
- He teaches in the MFA program at San Diego State University and is editor-in-chief of Poetry International Online.
- What awards has Blas Falconer received?
- His honors include a 2011 National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, the Publishing Triangle Thom Gunn Award in Gay Poetry, the Maureen Egen Writers Exchange Award from Poets & Writers, a Tennessee Individual Artist Grant, the New Delta Review Eyster Prize for Poetry, and the Barthelme Fellowship.
- How do I invite Blas Falconer for a reading, interview, or class visit?
- For readings, interviews, class visits, and press inquiries, contact Yvonne at yvonne@whyseebe.com. For everything else, Blas can be reached at blasfalconer@gmail.com or through the contact form on this site.
- Where can I find bios, a headshot, and cover art?
- The press kit page has three ready-to-use bios, an author photo, and cover art for every book — free to use in event materials and press coverage.