About
Ricardo was born in Cuba and came as a teenager to the United States. He grew up in New Jersey and then attended Cornell University where he earned a degree in Biology. He later graduated from New York University School of Medicine. An academic physician and scientific writer, Ricardo has had his fiction, creative non-fiction and poetry featured in the U.S. and in the U.K., in Acentos Review, Biostories, Foliate Oak, Lunch Ticket, The Bellingham Review , Hispanic Culture Review, Litro and others. gonzalezrothiauthor.com
The Mango Chronicle ( May 7, Running Wild Press, Los Angeles) is Ricardo's debut full length memoir due out in 2024. In an entangled exodus to freedom during a nuclear missile crisis, a young boy’s Cuban Huck-Finn-childhood is upended. After a decades-long struggle with identity, he transitions from refugee to “good” American, returning to his roots for redemption.
Featured Work
"Answers to Questions Not Anticipated: The Write Launch Journal
Other Works
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“Plegarias en la playa” (poem) Somos en escrito Journal;
September 2022
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“The reader” (short story), The Write Launch Journal
May, 2022
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“From Santa Fe to Silfra and back” (essay) About place Journal, Volume VII, issue I
May, 2022
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“The toll” (short story), Fauxmoir Journal Issue #4
August 2022
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"The Ghost Lights"; short story, Anthology, The Avenue Journal
2023
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"Faraway, Near Norfjordeid", The Dewdrop Journal
2023
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"Lists Lived" Quartz Literary Journal, short story
2023
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“Beyond and apple a day” (essay). Published in Humanity@work Anthology
2022
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“Ruminating”, essay. Prometheus Dreaming Literary Magazine, vol 4.
2022
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“Nostalgia circa 1960’s” (essay) Litro USA EssaysSaturday,
2022
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“After the storm” (short story) Bookends Review
2022
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“Last stand” (short story) Wordpeace Journal Summer/Fall Issue 7.2
2022
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The Edge of Winter published in Snowdrops, an Anthology (poem)
2021
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“Southerisms from the Spanish Moss Belt” (essay), The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature, Creative non-fiction
2020
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“Bienvenido” (narrative essay) Hispanic Culture Review, Vol XXVI
2020
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“Oscuro” (narrative essay) The Real Story, U.K.
2019
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“Blindsided” (essay)Star 82 Review, Summer issue 6.2
2018
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“Peeling back the burlap”, (narrative essay) The Bellingham Review, Vol 41, issue 76
2018
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“Papi and Me” Biostories featured essay
2017
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“Going Home” (essay) Foliate Oak
2017
Awards and Recognition
- Semifinalist, Non-fiction Full Length Manuscript Contest, Autumn House Publishers Competition, Sept 17, 2021. "The Mango Chronicle"
