Ruben Quesada

Ruben Quesada is a poet, editor, and translator. He edited the award-winning anthology Latinx Poetics: Essays on the Art of Poetry. His poetry and translations appear in the Best American Poetry series, the New York Times Magazine, the Poetry Foundation, Orion, Essential Queer Voices of U.S. Poetry, and elsewhere. Ruben’s writing has been supported by the American Literary Translators Association, the Jentel Foundation, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the Illinois Arts Council.

In 2019, along with poet Spencer Reece, Ruben co-founded the Lorca Latinx Poetry Prize. His poetry collection, Brutal Companion, won the Barrow Street Editors Prize and was recognized as A Notable Book of 2024 by the University of California.