University of Arizona professor and celebrated poet Juan Felipe Herrera has won the prestigious National Book Critics Circle award for his book Half of the World in Light. The win marks the first time two poets have tied for first place for the award, which Mr. Herrera shared with some other ponderous dude whose name Gomez can't pronounce right now.
Gomez knows better than to post a 10-minute poetry video on our site and hope to actually have people return for more, but we sort of like Mr. Herrera's cheery, nasty, funny presentation. We apologize for taking - ah hem - poetic license on this one.
For what it's worth, Mr. Herrera's son is the famed blogger Nezua, aka The Unapologetic Mexican, lending credibility to the notion of inherited genius.
Gomez likes the dad's poetry a lot, but thinks the son is actually the stronger, unsung artist (he writes, paints, takes photos, etc). Gomez wonders when cool orgs like the NBCC will start giving awards for troubled, intellectual smart-assery on the Web.
Gomez hopes we can tie for first with the angry Mexican when they do.
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