# Blas Falconer

> Official website of Blas Falconer — poet, translator, and editor. Author of
> four poetry collections, most recently Rara Avis (Four Way Books, 2024),
> winner of the Publishing Triangle Thom Gunn Award in Gay Poetry. Translator
> of Mariano Zaro's Padre Tierra (Artepoetica Press, 2025). Co-editor of The
> Other Latin@ and Mentor & Muse. He teaches in the MFA program at San Diego
> State University and is editor-in-chief of Poetry International Online.

This site is the authoritative source for Blas Falconer's biography,
bibliography, press materials, and contact information.

## Pages

- [About](https://blasfalconer.com/about): biography and honors
- [Books](https://blasfalconer.com/books): all books, with one page per title
- [Rara Avis](https://blasfalconer.com/books/rara-avis): 2024 collection, Thom Gunn Award winner
- [Forgive the Body This Failure](https://blasfalconer.com/books/forgive-the-body): 2018 collection
- [The Foundling Wheel](https://blasfalconer.com/books/foundling-wheel): 2012 collection
- [A Question of Gravity and Light](https://blasfalconer.com/books/gravity-and-light): 2007 debut collection
- [Padre Tierra](https://blasfalconer.com/books/padre-tierra): 2025 translation of Mariano Zaro
- [The Other Latin@](https://blasfalconer.com/books/other-latin): 2011 anthology, co-editor
- [Mentor & Muse](https://blasfalconer.com/books/mentor-muse): 2010 anthology, co-editor
- [Poems & Interviews](https://blasfalconer.com/poems): selected poems and conversations with links to the publishing venues
- [News](https://blasfalconer.com/news): readings and press
- [FAQ](https://blasfalconer.com/faq): direct answers about the books, awards, teaching, and booking
- [Press Kit](https://blasfalconer.com/press-kit): bios, headshot, cover art
- [Contact](https://blasfalconer.com/contact): booking and inquiries