Charles Rice-Gonzalez is the author of Chulito which received ALA and the National Book Critics Circle recognitions. He co-edited From Macho to Mariposa: New Gay Latino Fiction, his play I Just Love Andy Gibb was published in Blacktino Queer Performance: A Critical Anthology, and his writing has been published in over two dozen anthologies and journals, most recently in Obsidian, Aster(ix) and Huizache. He’s a fellow of MacDowell, the Lannan Foundation and PEN America Writing as Activism. He’s the co-founder of BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance and an Assistant Professor at Hostos Community College.