Oliver de la Paz is the author and editor of seven poetry collections, including The Boy in the Labyrinth, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award. He teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and is the Poet Laureate of Worcester.

"Poems rise off the page and into the reader’s lungs, blood stream, and heart while reading Oliver de la Paz’s The Diaspora Sonnets.... De la Paz moves within the tradition of elegant rhymes, pacing, and the fourteen-line convention."

Oliver de la Paz is the author and editor of seven poetry collections, including The Boy in the Labyrinth, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award. He teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and is the Poet Laureate of Worcester.

"Poems rise off the page and into the reader’s lungs, blood stream, and heart while reading Oliver de la Paz’s The Diaspora Sonnets.... De la Paz moves within the tradition of elegant rhymes, pacing, and the fourteen-line convention."

Oliver de la Paz is the author and editor of seven poetry collections, including The Boy in the Labyrinth, a finalist for the Massachusetts Book Award. He teaches at the College of the Holy Cross and is the Poet Laureate of Worcester.

"Poems rise off the page and into the reader’s lungs, blood stream, and heart while reading Oliver de la Paz’s The Diaspora Sonnets.... De la Paz moves within the tradition of elegant rhymes, pacing, and the fourteen-line convention."