Sonnets To Madness and Other Misfortunes

Francisco X. Alarcon started writing poetry when he was 13. "I wanted to transcribe the songs my grandmother used to sing." He sees poetry as an open-ended dialogue, with readers bringing their own meaning to the works. A virtual whirlwind of interests and passions, besides being a leading Chicago poet, Alarcon is an educator, community activist, and gay advocate. For him, none of his myriad activities is separate from the others. "Everything is related, " he says. "My work as an educator is related to my work as a writer as a critic. Everything comes together in my own life."Francisco X. Alarcon is the author of 'Sonnets To Madness and Other Misfortunes', published 2001 under ISBN 9780887394508 and ISBN 0887394507.