Roberto Harrison

Harrison was born in Corvallis, Oregon, in 1962, to Panamanian parents. A few months after his birth, he and his family moved back to Panama, where they lived until he was seven. In 1969, he and his family moved to Delaware. His first language was Spanish, and he did not begin learning English until arriving in Delaware. He is the author of Os (subpress, 2006), elemental song (Answer Tag Home Press, 2006), Counter Daemons (Litmus Press, 2006), reflector (House Press, 2008), and Urracá (Achiote Seeds, 2009). He edits Crayon with Andrew Levy, and the Bronze Skull Press chapbook series, and his work has appeared in Talisman, Jacket, New American Writing, Mandorla, Salt (UK), Cordite (Australia), Antennae, and many other journals.

"Roberto throws images to the wind. And that is where they stay." —Alan Davies

• Every Other Day interview with Kate Greenstreet. August 29, 2007.

Native Punx Presents Roberto Harrison at Woodland Pattern's Indigenous Writers Reading Series. March 2011