This interview with William Archila is part of the Latino Stories series featuring conversations with Latinx authors. The questions that follow grew out of Archila’s recent visit to the CHI 158 course, Central American Poetry in the United States, which Salvatierra teaches at UC Davis in the Chicana/o/x Studies Department. Students read his book S …
I want kids and adults to see someone who looks like them and know that their background, identity, or zip code doesn’t limit their potential.
Now I think of writing as watering a garden, or what it might be like to do that because I’ve never tended a garden.
Now I think of writing as watering a garden, or what it might be like to do that because I’ve never tended a garden.
Luis Lopez-Maldonado is a Xicanx activist, poeta, playwright, dancer, choreographer, and educator born and raised in Southern California, as well as the the author of the poetry collection, Mexican Bird (Querencia Press, 2024). He/Him/They/Them earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California Riverside, in Creative Writing and Dance. His/Their poetry has been …
