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I was just named 2021 Georgia Author of the Year!

I was just named the winner of the 2021 Georgia Author of the Year Award. 🤯

Natasha Trethewey, who made the publication of “Fractures” possible by selecting it for the Felix Pollak Prize, was announced as the winner in the memoir category for “Memorial Drive” just before they announced the Poetry Full-Length category. You can’t make this up.

In the judge’s citation, Malcolm Tariq wrote:

In Fractures, Carlos Andrés Gómez delivers a poignant, thoughtful interrogation of what it means to live and love when society gives so many reasons not to. These poems chart a difficulty and invite deep reflection about fatherhood and interpersonal relationships and the strains that racism and notions of manhood place on them. Long after they’ve been read, these poems continue to hold the reader. They teach us that there is forgiveness. There are different ways of caring, and there are different ways of moving forward with the many things we carry.

Thank you to the Georgia Writers Association for honoring me and my work and everyone who’s supported this book. Wow.

Read more here: https://www.authoroftheyear.org/news/57th-annual-georgia-author-of-the-year-awards-winners-and-finalists/

Watch the announcement here: https://youtu.be/5hmCnfvfHKU?t=2866

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“Fractures” just won the Midwest Book Award for Poetry!!

Fractures just won the 2021 Midwest Book Award for Poetry, which was completely surprising (considering being a finalist with Khaled Mattawa & Petra Kuppers) and humbling, but what was most significant about the whole thing for me—

I got to virtually attend an awards gala with one of my dearest friends, Adam Falkner (who won in the Debut category), whose work continues to make mine possible. What a special night.
Lastly, I would be remiss to not continue to say thank you to the readers, reviewers, booksellers, librarians, educators (MFA, undergrad, HS, & beyond), publishers, agents, editors, & bloggers who’ve gifted my book with praise, recommendations, & just more love than I could have imagined.

For all this year’s winners: https://bit.ly/3yAyqxR

Watch the announcement & my acceptance speech here: https://bit.ly/3hGBp1e

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my debut studio album: “Opus”

When my best friend, Brent, and I were 13, we’d spend hours in his basement recording music on an old eight-track, freestyling and experimenting with lyrics and sound.

 

We made a promise to each other that one day we would make an album together.

 

Today, that dream has been made real. Ultimately, this project is about a dream shared by two best friends who kept their promise to each other. This is about dreaming big and following through, no matter the challenges and winding roads of this life.

 

We did it, B. Those awkward adolescent versions of us wouldn’t believe how far we’ve come.

 

“Opus” is here.

 

Stream & download the album HERE

Listen now on ReverbNation or SoundCloud

 

Supporters and friends always ask—how can I support?

 

The biggest way to support this project: subscribe to my Spotify (or YouTube, Amazon Music, Apple Music, iHeartRadio, Pandora, etc.) & stream the heck out of “Opus.”

 

Thank you for coming along on this ride with me.

 

Much love,

Carlos

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Watch my TEDx talk: “8 Lessons from Fatherhood”

After basically spending a year at home with my partner and two small kids, I finally ventured out into the world and delivered a TEDx talk before a masked, socially-distanced audience at Pace Academy.
These 8 lessons were culled from the pressure-cooker of this strange and difficult year. Although I cite fatherhood as my teacher, many of these lessons are relevant to all parents and anyone, really.
You can watch my talk here: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MDye5D3LLys
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