A Jury of Trees
by Andrés Montoya
Released: 2017
Poet Andrés Montoya earned his BA from California State University-Fresno and MFA from the University of Oregon. His first book, The Iceworker Sings (1999), received the Chicano/Latino Literary Prize from the University of California-Irvine and the Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award. Montoya’s second book, a posthumous poetry collection, a jury of trees (2017) was nominated for an International Latino Book Award.
Editor: Daniel Chacón
A Jury of Trees is a posthumous poetry collection by Chicano writer Andrés Montoya, edited by Daniel Chacón and published by Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe in 2017. The book captures Montoya's themes of spirituality, social justice, and Chicano identity.