Juvenal Acosta's Biography
Member Info
Oct 2007
Juvenal Acosta is a writer who has published fiction, journalism, and poetry. He is the author of the novels The Tattoo Hunter and The Violence of Velvet.
He has published three books in collaboration with artists: Paper of Live Flesh and Tango of the Scar (both limited edition artist books) and Tauromaquia (an essay on bullfighting).
He has edited anthologies of contemporary Mexican poetry published by City Lights Books.
Click here to read an interview with Acosta in Críticas: An English-Speaker's Guide to the Latest Spanish-Language Titles.
Click here to read an interview with Acosta in La Bloga.
Click here to read a short story by Acosta in Spanish in Exquisite Corpse: A Journal of Letters & Life.
Click here to read a poem by Acosta.
Influences
Julio Cortázar
Juan García Ponce
Upcoming Works
Immortal
Recommended Links
Publishers
City Lights Publishers
Gato Negro Books
Joaquin Mortiz
About Juvenal
Juvenal Acosta is a writer who has published fiction, journalism, and poetry. He is the author of the novels The Tattoo Hunter and The Violence of Velvet.
He has published three books in collaboration with artists: Paper of Live Flesh and Tango of the Scar (...