Oranges Resources

Here's the home of all things Soto—the writer's very own website.

Here's a good bio and more from the folks at the Poetry Foundation.

Here are a bunch of Soto's other poems. Click to your heart's content…

Soto is a pretty quotable guy.

Here's a video interpretation of "Oranges."

Here's another video response to the poem. Feel free to compare and contrast and pick a fave.

A video interpretation… with Legos. Sweet.

Here's Soto giving a tour of his own museum. You don't see that everyday.
Things really get going around the 55 second mark. At 6.30 he talks about "Oranges."

Click the link to listen to Soto reading from a collection of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Go on… be brave and click it.

Soto opens up the ol' family album—lots of good pictures here.

You want to see more of Gary? You got it…

Soto talks about getting his start as a writer.

Soto fields questions from some inquisitive students.

Soto fields questions from some inquisitive students.

Here's an interview with Soto and his wife about his book What Poets are Like.

In this Pedestal Magazine interview, Gary talks about his writing process (and other stuff, too).

Read this Ploughshares article for all the juicy details.

Page after page after page of Gary Soto books—this guy writes… a lot.

Here's where "Oranges" appeared in book form for the first time, Soto's 1985 poetry collection Black Hair.

But if the rest of Gary Soto's career is any indication, it's only a matter of time before Hollywood comes knocking.