Francisco Cantú

Francisco Cantú is an author and translator with an MFA in nonfiction from the University of Arizona. His essays and translations appear frequently in Guernica and his work can also be found in Best American Essays 2016, Ploughshares, Orion, and Public Books, where he serves as a contributing editorA former Fulbright fellow, Cantú also served as a Border Patrol Agent for the United States Border Patrol from 2008-2012, working in the deserts of Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. He is currently at work on a book about his time in the borderlands. 

Prize anthology mentions

Best American Essays 2016

Pushcart (CNF) 2018

Best American Essays 2021*

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