Orlando   Ricardo   Menes

Orlando Ricardo Menes is the author of five poetry collections, most recently Heresies and Fetish. His work has been published in Ploughshares, Harvard Review, Shenandoah, and other publications. His awards include an NEA Literature Fellowship and the Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Poetry. Born in Lima, Perú, to Cuban parents Menes lives in South Bend, Indiana, where he is a Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame.