| "The writers and
editors of this important new book are at the forefront of the
scholarship of learning for Latino students, and the summary of
their experiences serves as a resource for other disciplines and for
all faculty members focused on effectively engaging Latino
students." Sarita E. Brown, President, Excelencia in Education |
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| In his rich and
orienting introduction, poet and editor [Franciso] Aragon
affirms that Latino poetry is evolving and extending its reach in
sync with the vitality and influence of Latino life and culture.
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| Winner of the 2007 Paterson Prize for Books for Young People! | |
| Primera Página is a
delightful collection of relatively new voices--the opening poet
is San Diego's Taco Shop Poet,
Tomas Riley. Aside from the pleasure of finding promising new
poets, I found an excellent approach to these poets is reading the
women first, then the men. Michael Sedano, La Bloga |
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| Miguel Antonio Ortiz was born in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. He grew up in the South Bronx and is a graduate of the High School of Music & Art and the City College of New York. He was an editor of Hanging Loose magazine and publications director at Teachers & Writers Collaborative. Currently he lives and writes in Brooklyn, New York. | |
| Dr. Rudolph Valier Alvarado holds a Fine Arts Ph. D. from Texas Tech University and a Master of Arts in History from Eastern Michigan University. He is the author of Joe's Last Call (California Thoroughbred), Drawing Conclusions on Henry Ford (University of Michigan Press), El Norte - The North (Arte Público Press), Thomas Edison (Alpha/Pearson Educational Press), and Mexicans and Mexican Americans in Michigan (Michigan State University Press). | |
| From
School Library Journal Adult/High School—...This title stands among the best of them.—Christine C. Menefee, formerly at Fairfax County Public Library, VA |
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| Kermit Lopez wrote Cibolero after researching his family ancestry, which spans four hundred years of New Mexico history. He received electrical engineering and law degrees from the University of New Mexico and lives with his wife and son in Albuquerque. | |
| Al Bermudez Pereira, born in Brooklyn, New York, currently resides in Florida with his wife, Lydia, and their two children. He worked as a corrections officer for many years within Sing Sing State Prison and learned many valuable lessons during his career. Al Bermudez Pereira decided to write this book at the urgings of his mother some fifteen years ago. |