Rodrigo Toscano (born 1964 in San Diego) is a Hispanic-American poet and labor and environmental activist. He has worked with the Labor Institute since 2000 as a director of national projects. He is also a lifelong amateur classical pianist.

Life

Originally from San Diego, California, Toscano lived in San Francisco from 1995 to 1999, and Brooklyn, New York from 1999 to 2015. He works for the Labor Institute based in New York City, and lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. He has authored twelve poetry books and received multiple translations.

Awards

• 1998 Fund for Poetry

• 2005 Fund for Poetry

• 2005 New York State Fellowship in Poetry

• 2007 National Poetry Series Winner for Collapsible Poetics Theater (Fence, 2007)

• 2019 Edwin Markham prize for poetry

• 2025 National Poetry Series Finalist for WHITMAN.CANNONBALL.PUEBLA. (Omnidawn, 2025)

Works

Poetry

• Arbiter. Parenthesis. 1995.

Dialogues & Interviews

• https://rodrigotoscano.com/interviews-dialogues/

Anthologies

References

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