Tomás Q. Morín

Tomás Q. Morín received a BA in Spanish from Texas State University, an MA in Hispanic and Italian studies from Johns Hopkins University, and an MFA in creative writing from Texas State University. 

Morín is the author of four poetry collections: My Favorite Things (Alfred A. Knopf, 2027); Machete (Alfred A. Knopf, 2021); Patient Zero (Copper Canyon Press, 2017); and A Larger Country (Copper Canyon Press, 2012), winner of the APR/Honickman Prize and a runner-up for the PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award. 

Morín is also the author of the novel Cat Love (Pantheon, 2026) and two memoirs: Where Are You From: Letters to My Son (University of Nebraska Press, 2024) and Let Me Count the Ways (University of Nebraska Press, 2022). He translated Pablo Neruda’s The Heights of Macchu Picchu (Copper Canyon Press, 2015) and coedited, with Mari L’Esperance, the anthology Coming Close: Forty Essays on Philip Levine (Prairie Lights Books, 2013).

The recipient of fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts, Morín is a professor of creative writing at Rice University.