Two Poems by Roy Guzmán

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Roy G. Guzmán was born in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and grew up in Miami, Florida. They are currently pursuing a PhD in Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature at the University of Minnesota, where they also received an MFA in creative writing. Roy is the author of the chapbook Restored Mural for Orlando and co-editor of Pulse/Pulso: In Remembrance of Orlando. Their work has appeared in Poetry, The Rumpus, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Best of the Net 2017, and Best New Poets 2017. Roy is a 2019 NEA Fellow and a 2017 Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Fellow. Their debut collection, Catrachos, is published by Graywolf Press. Website: roygguzman.com.