Aldo Amparán

Aldo Amparán is the author of Brother Sleep, a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry in 2023. They have received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts & CantoMundo. Born & raised in the border cities of El Paso, TX, USA, & Ciudad Juárez, CHIH, Mexico, Amparán’s work has been featured in the Academy of American Poets’ Poem-a-Day, Best New Poets, Gulf Coast, Kenyon Review Online, New England Review, Ploughshares, Poetry Magazine, & elsewhere. (Updated 09/2026)