Gemini Ink profiles Writers in Communities faculty member Jacinto Jesús Cardona, a 33-year veteran of the Texas public school system who has won many awards for teaching creative writing, including the Imagineer Award and the Trinity Prize for Teaching Excellence. In addition to publishing poetry in various journals and anthologies, Cardona is the author of Pan Dulce (Chili Verde Press, 1998), a book of poems. He has also been awarded National Endowment for the Humanities visiting scholar grants to Harvard University, Boston University, and the Newberry Library in Chicago.

Gemini Ink Communications director Jennifer Herrera caught Cardona in a “zany” mood while discussing his book of poetry and his writing process.

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