Tomás Q. Morín is the author most recently of Where Are You From, letters to his son about navigating an America that constantly questions your place in it. He is also the author of the memoir Let Me Count the Ways, as well as the poetry collection Machete. He is co-editor, with Mari L’Esperance, of the anthology Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine and translator of The Heights of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda. He is the recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. He teaches at Rice University.