Chris CampanioniChris Campanioni is a first-generation American, the son of immigrants from Cuba and Poland, and the author of the Internet is for real (C&R Press). He has worked as a journalist, model, and actor, and he teaches Latino literature and creative writin at Baruch College and Pace University. His "Billboards" poem that responded to Latino stereotypes and mutable-and often muted-identity in the fashion world was awarded an Academy of American Poets College Prize in 2013, his novel Going Down was selected as Best First Book at the 2014 International Latino Book Awards, and his hybrid piece "This body's long (& I'm still loading)" was adapted as an official selection of the Canadian International Film Festival in 2017. A year earlier, he adapted his award-winning course, "Identity, Image, & Intimacy in the Age of the Internet," for his first TEDx Talk. He edits PANK, At Large, and Tupelo Quarterly and lives in Brooklyn. Read More Read Less