the complexities of love and the emotions surrounding it. The love resembles how queer individuals of this time might feel whether the feelings are positive or negative. An example of this is in the poem, "Los lobos", which focuses on wolves as seen by the title. The wolves express tones of danger and darkness which portrays how Manrique seeks to share some enchanting features of love. However, the wolves serve as two toned symbols as they can be seen as guides through the darkness and function on the trust of the pack. As well, the use of wolves is not the only example of how Manrique writes of complex love in queer culture. Although the poem collections are the primary example where homosexuality and homoerotiscm can be seen in Jaime Manrique's work. This does not exclude his novels as well. The diction and emotion are paralleled in his poetry and his books. However, there are some key differences in the way the material is presented. Manrique's work is a combination of his current culture and upbringing which shines through the Spanish poetry and English written texts uniquely. The ability of Manrique as author to write in both languages and also create unified and individualistic themes distinguishes his work. Teaching career He has taught at The New School for Social Research, 1978-1980 (Writer in Residence); Mount Holyoke College, 1995 (Writer in Residence in the Spanish Department); Columbia University, 2002 – 2008 (Associate Professor in The MFA in Writing); Rutgers University, 2009 (Visiting Writer in the MFA Program in Writing); and The City College of New York, 2012 – to the present (Distinguished Lecturer in the Department of Classic and modern Languages and Literatures) WorksLike This Afternoon Forever, 2019Como esta tarde para siempre, 2018 El libro de los muertos, poemas selectos 1973-2015, 2016 Cervantes Street, 2012 Our Lives Are the Rivers, 2006 The Autobiography of Bill Sullivan, 2006 Tarzan My Body Christopher Columbus, 2001 Eminent Maricones:Arenas, Lorca, Puig, and Me, 1999 Mi cuerpo y otros poemas, 1999 Twilight at the Equator, 1997 Sor Juana's Love Poems, 1997 My Night with Federico García Lorca, 1995 Latin Moon in Manhattan, 1995 Scarecrow, 1990 Colombian Gold:A Novel of Power and Corruption, 1983 El cadáver de papá, 1980 Notas de cine:confesiones de un crítico amateur, 1979 Los adoradores de la luna, 1977 Prizes and Awards 2019: Bill Whitehead Award for Lifetime Achievement for Like This Afternoon