Edgar Gomez

E.R.C.

Edgar Gomez is the author of the new memoir "Alligator Tears." He also wrote "High-Risk Homosexual," which received an American Book Award, a Stonewall Israel-Fishman Honor Award, and the Lambda Literary Award. Born and raised in Florida, Gomez has written for the Los Angeles Times, Poets & Writers, LitHub, New York Magazine, and more. His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York Foundation for the Arts, and the Black Mountain Institute. Gomez lives in New York and Puerto Rico.

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Awards: American Book Award, Lambda Literary Award, Stonewall Israel-Fishman Nonfiction Honor Award.

Communities: LGBTQ+, Gender Nonconforming, Hispanic or Latinx, Mixed Race

In Search of the American Dream

Sarah Smarsh, Edgar Gomez and Lee Hawkins come from three very different places with three very different different stories to tell. In this session, our authors will discuss the America they see ... and what the "American Dream" means to them.

Student Union Gallagher Theater (Seats 337)  
Sat, Mar 15, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Signing area: Sales & Signing Area - UA Campus Store Tent (on Mall) (following presentation)  

Panelists: Edgar Gomez, Lee Hawkins, Sarah Smarsh
Moderator: Laura Penny

Bold and Unapologetic

These authors shine a light on diverse LGBTQ+ experiences and intersectional identities in fiction and nonfiction titles about chasing dreams.

Nuestras Raíces Stage (Seats 150)  
Sun, Mar 16, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Nuestras Raices
Signing area: Pima County Public Library/Nuestras Raíces/Craft Tent & Signing Area (following presentation)  

Panelists: Edgar Gomez, Adriana Herrera, Sonora Reyes
Moderator: Dominique Calza

Books:

Alligator Tears

A Memoir in Essays
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Random House
February 2025
ISBN 9780593728543
256 pages

High-Risk Homosexual

A Memoir
Memoir / Essays / Creative Nonfiction
Catapult
January 2022
ISBN 9781593767051
304 pages