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Elias Miguel Muñoz

Member Since: 07/2024

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

"Elías Miguel Muñoz is proud to have contributed to forging the Latinx literary canon. He has published seven novels and two poetry collections that explore his Cuban immigrant roots and themes of exile, sexuality, and friendship. Muñoz’s critically acclaimed books include En estas tierras / In This Land (1989), The Greatest Performance (1991), Brand New Memory (1998), Vida mía (2006), and Diary of Fire (2016). His theatrical work has been produced off-Broadway, and his writing has appeared in numerous anthologies: Best Gay Stories 2012 (2012), Ambientes: New Queer Latino Writing (2011), The Scribner Writers Series: Latino and Latina Writers (2004), Herencia: The Anthology of Hispanic Literature of the United States (2002), The Encyclopedia of American Literature (1999), and W.W. Norton’s New Worlds of Literature (1994) among others.


Muñoz envisions Encore! Encore! as his first novel in a series featuring the histories and cultures of Hispanic Caribbean countries. He is presently developing a science-fiction project that delves into three pivotal time periods of the Caribbean region. Muñoz resides in California and welcomes visitors at eliasmiguelmunoz.com."