Octavio Quintanilla

Octavio Quintanilla is the author of the poetry collections, IF I GO MISSING (Slough Press, 2014) & THE BOOK OF WOUNDED SPARROWS (Texas Review Press, 2024). He is the founder and director of the literature & arts festival, VersoFrontera, publisher of Alabrava Press, & the former Poet Laureate of San Antonio, TX. His Frontextos (visual poems) have been published and exhibited widely. He teaches Literature and Creative Writing at Our Lady of the Lake University.