Armin Tolentino, orig. from NJ, went to Rutgers (along w/ another GobQ contributor, Rimas Uzgiris, also in this issue.) Armin resides in Vancouver, WA, with his wife and their three chinchillas, and is working on making the Guiness Record for World's Loudest Clap. Also, he's an avid fisherman. His pomes have been in Hyphen mag., Arsenic Lobster, The Ravin Chronicles, and Pontoon Poetry. His first collection, We Meant to Bring it Home Alive, was published by Alternating Current Press in 2019. He makes his GobQ debut with three poems (presented in parallel text, in English, Croatian, Spanish, Icelandic, Russian and Tagalog): A Letter that Spaceboy Never Received [ii.]/Pismo koje svemirski kauboj nikad nije primio [ii.]/Una carta Spaceboy nunca recibido [ii.]/Письмо, которое космический мальчик так и не получил [ii.]/Bréf sem Geimstrákur fékk aldrei [ii.]/Isang Liham na Hindi na Natanggap ni Saceboy [ii.]; A Letter that Spaceboy Never Received [iii.]/Isang Liham na Hindi na Natanggap ni Saceboy [iii.]/Una carta Spaceboy nunca recibido [iii.]/ Bréf sem Geimstrákur fékk aldrei [iii.]; A Letter that Spaceboy Never Received [v.]/Bréf sem Geimstrákur fékk aldrei [v.]/Pismo koje svemirski kauboj nikad nije primio [v.]/Письмо, не полученное космическим мальчиком [v.] We shall be featuring more of his work in future issues.
