Tomás Q. Morín read his poems “Heretic That I Am,” “The Food Critic,” and “Laika,” at the 2013 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference.

Morín’s poetry collection, A Larger Country, was the winner of the APR/Honickman Prize and runner-up for the PEN Joyce/Osterweil Award. He is co-editor with Mari L’Esperance of the anthology, Coming Close: 40 Essays on Philip Levine. His poems have appeared in Slate, Threepenny Review, Boulevard, Poetry, and Narrative. He has been featured in NER multiple times, first in NER 32.2 with “Royal Silence” and “Red Herring,” and again in NER 33.2 with “Gold Record.”

“Heretic That I Am” was published in Threepenny Review.

 

“The Food Critic” was published in American Poetry Review.

 

“Laika” was published in Boulevard.

 

All Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference readings are available on iTunesU. To hear more, please visit the Bread Loaf website.