He has published four novels and eight collections of poetry in the past thirty years, with some of the most innovative, boundary-pushing work in either genre. His newest novel, Extraordinary (2018), won two major awards; Jacob Rogers’s translation was awarded a 2020 PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grant. His collection Talk to Me (2004) won the prestigious Premio Esquío, receiving the highest praise from none other than Chus Pato, among many others.