Anya Achtenberg is a fiction writer and poet (her work includes More ThanThe Wind, a recently completed novel excerpted in Harvard Review, and TheStone of Language, her latest book of poetry). She teaches creative writing workshops, has developed the Writing for Social Change: Re-Dream a Just World Workshops, and can be found on the web at www.anyachtenberg.com www.centertopage.com/museitspring07.htm Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is a longtime activist, university professor, and writer. In addition to numerous scholarly books and articles she has published two historical memoirs. More about Roxanne on her website at http://www.reddirtsite.com/ E. A. Mares is a New Mexican poet who owes his considerable success as a playwright and essayist to his rare talent for entwining poetry and history without betraying either. In his own words, he is "a writer who is Indo-Hispanic in culture, global in perspective, and as much at home in the international community as in his own mixed ethnic http://www.tonyscantina.com/index Demetria Martinez is an author, activist, lecturer and columnist. Her autobiographical essays, Confessions of a Berlitz-Tape Chicana (Univ. of Oklahoma Press), winner of the 2006 International Latino Book Award in the category of Best Biography, is now out. Her books include the widely translated novel, Mother Tongue (Ballantine), winner of a Western States Book Award for Fiction, and two books of poetry, Breathing Between the Lines and The Devil’s Workshop (Univ. of Arizona Press). She writes a column for the National Catholic Reporter, an independent progressive newsweekly. She currently resides in Albuquerque, New Mexico http://labl0ga.blogspot.com/2007/02/out-of-confessional-demuniversities.etria-martinez.html Simon Ortiz is generally recognized by critics and scholars of American Indian literature as one of the most notable writers of the "Native American renaissance" of the 1960s and 70s. Most famous for his poetry, Cortiz also has written many short stories, essays and children's books. Ortiz, a full-blooded Native American, was raised in the Acoma village of McCarty's, and spoke only Acoma at home. His interest in the culture and history of his people propelled him to a career of writing. Margaret Randall is a feminist poet, writer, photographer and socialactivist. Born in New York City in 1936, she has lived for extended periods in Albuquerque, New York, Seville, Mexico City, Havana, and Managua. In the turbulent 1960s she co-founded and co-edited EL CORNO EMPLUMADO / THE PLUMED HORN, a bilingual literary journal which for eight years published some of the most dynamic and meaningful writing of an era. From 1984 through 1994 she taught at a number of U.S. http://www.margaretrandall.org/Biography Danny Solis started writing poetry at the age of five. He has been called the Poet Laureate of Albuquerque, is a two time 'Burque Poetry Slam Champion, two time Asheville, and Southeastern Regional Inidividual Champion, a four time Boston individual Slam champion, a champion of the Taos Poetry Circus Open Slam, and a member of the winning duo in 2000 Taos Heavy Weight Tag Team poetry bout.He is especially successful in bringing poetry to children and younger audiences. http://falcon.tamucc.edu/~sencerz/Solis.htm Luci Tapahanso is a member of the Dine` Nation (Navajo) of New Mexico and is an associate professor of English at the University of Kansas in Lawrence. She is the author of six books including Blue Horses Rush In: Poems and Stories published by the University of Arizona, which was awarded the 1998 Award for Best Poetry from the Mountains and Plain's Booksellers Association. Professor Tapahonso's work has appeared in many print and media productions both in the U.S. and abroad. tphttp://weberstudies.weber.edu/archive/archive C Vol. 16.2-18.1/Vol. 16.2/lucitapahonso.html |
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