Luis Alberto Ambroggio is an internationally known Hispanic-American poet, author of seventeen collections of poetry, amongst them: Todos somos Whitman/We are all Whitman (2014), Difficult Beauty: Selected Poems 1987-2006 (2009), introduction by Pulitzer Prize winner Oscar Hijuelos, and The Wind’s Archeology (2011; 2013 International Latino Best Book Award). He is an appointed Member of the North American and the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language, with numerous recognitions and awards. His poetry, translated into several languages, has been included in the Archives of Hispanic Literature of the Library of Congress.