Ray Gonzalez's most recent poetry collection, Cabato Sentora (BOA 1999), is currently in its second printing. He is the author of five books of poetry, including The Heat of Arrivals (BOA 1996), which won the 1997 Josephine Miles Book Award for Excellence in Literature. Among his awards are a 1998 Fellowship in Poetry from the Illinois Arts Council, a 1993 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award for Excellence in Editing, and a 1998 Colorado Governor's Award for Excellence in the Arts.