January 2, 1952 -
American poet, memoirist and screenwriter
Author of "Immigrants in Our Own Land", "Martin and Meditations on the South Valley" (for which he won the American Book Award for Poetry in 1987) and "A Place to Stand" (for which he won the International Award in 2001)
Awarded a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in 1986
Awarded the Pushcart Prize in 1987