Manuel was reared in the small town of Dinuba in California’s Central Valley. He is bold in his writing, shy in manner, a film aficionado. His body cuts a lean muscular form on the sofa. He wears dark jeans and a collared t-shirt. A chiseled jaw, thick raven black hair gelled into spikes, but his eyes are the thing. Large and tapering attractively at the corners, they lure with all the possibilities of the moment. One feels the charm in it.
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Next time I see Manuel I'm going to stare into his eyes and get lost.
Ha.
Ha.
Ha.
About Me
- Eduardo C. Corral
- Eduardo C. Corral is a CantoMundo fellow. He holds degrees from ASU and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, jubilat, New England Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, and Post Road. His work has been honored with a "Discovery"/The Nation award and residencies from The MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. He has served as the Olive B. O'Connor Fellow in Creative Writing at Colgate University and as the Philip Roth Resident in Creative Writing at Bucknell University. He's the interview editor for Boxcar Poetry Review. He won the 2011 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition.
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