EMANUEL XAVIER is author of the novel, Christ Like, and the poetry collections, Pier Queen, Americano, Nefarious, Radiance and editor of the anthologies Me No Habla With Acento: Contemporary Latino Poetry and Mariposas: A Modern Anthology of Queer Latino Poetry. He is an Equality Forum LGBTQ History Month Icon and has been a finalist for the Lambda Literary Awards and an International Latino Book Award.