Butterfly Boy: Memories of a Chicano Mariposa

Rigoberto González

Sep 2006 · Univ of Wisconsin Press

About this ebook

Winner of the American Book Award

Ratings and reviews

Although the author is gay, and he at times, discusses his sexuality, you'll find by reading this book that Butterfly Boy is more about coming of age, addiction, and familism. Overall, it was a great and easy read, however tragic it may have been at times. I would consider it for any one who has questions of their identity, whether that be their race, gender, class, or sexuality.

Great Book.

About the author

Rigoberto González is the author of many award-winning books for adults and children, among them So Often the Pitcher Goes to Water until It Breaks, a selection of the National Poetry Series; the novel Crossing Vines, named the ForeWord Fiction Book of the Year; and the teen novel The Mariposa Club, named to the American Library Association’s Rainbow List. He is a contributing editor to the magazine Poets and Writers, on the board of directors of the National Book Critics Circle, and on the advisory circle of Con Tinta, a coalition of Chicano/Latino activist writers. He is associate professor of English at Rutgers University at Newark.

Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Literary Achievement, Publishing Triangle