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padding-right:0.65em;">Born</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">Gary Anthony Soto<br /><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1952-04-12</span>) </span>April 12, 1952<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 72)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Fresno,_California" title="Fresno, California">Fresno, California</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Occupation</th><td class="infobox-data role" style="line-height:1.4em;">Author, poet</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Education</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">MFA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Alma mater</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">UC Irvine, CSU Fresno</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Period</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;">1977-present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Genre</th><td class="infobox-data category" style="line-height:1.4em;">poetry, novels, memoirs, children's literature</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable works</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><i>Petty Crimes</i><br /><i>New and Selected Poems</i><br /><i>Living Up the Street</i></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="line-height:1.2em; padding-right:0.65em;">Notable awards</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><a href="/wiki/Academy_of_American_Poets" title="Academy of American Poets">Academy of American Poets</a> Prize<br /><a href="/wiki/American_Book_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American Book Award">American Book Award</a><br /><a href="/wiki/National_Endowment_for_the_Arts" title="National Endowment for the Arts">NEA</a> Fellowship<br /><a href="/wiki/John_Simon_Guggenheim_Memorial_Foundation" title="John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation">Guggenheim</a> Fellowship</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.4em;"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://garysoto.com">garysoto<wbr />.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Gary Anthony Soto</b> (born April 12, 1952) is an American poet, novelist, and memoirist. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soto was born to Mexican-American parents Manuel (1910–1957) and Angie Soto (1924-). In his youth, he worked in the fields of the <a href="/wiki/San_Joaquin_Valley" title="San Joaquin Valley">San Joaquin Valley</a>. Soto's father died in 1957, when he was five years old. As his family had to struggle to find work, he had little time or encouragement in his studies.<sup id="cite_ref-notable_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notable-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soto notes that in spite of his early academic record, while at high school he found an interest in poetry through writers such as <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Hemingway" title="Ernest Hemingway">Ernest Hemingway</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_Steinbeck" title="John Steinbeck">John Steinbeck</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jules_Verne" title="Jules Verne">Jules Verne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Robert_Frost" title="Robert Frost">Robert Frost</a> and <a href="/wiki/Thornton_Wilder" title="Thornton Wilder">Thornton Wilder</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-faq_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soto attended <a href="/wiki/Fresno_City_College" title="Fresno City College">Fresno City College</a> and <a href="/wiki/California_State_University,_Fresno" title="California State University, Fresno">California State University, Fresno</a>, where he earned his <a href="/wiki/Bachelor_of_Arts" title="Bachelor of Arts">B.A.</a> degree in English in 1974,<sup id="cite_ref-faq_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> studying with poet <a href="/wiki/Philip_Levine_(poet)" title="Philip Levine (poet)">Philip Levine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-notable_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notable-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He did graduate work in poetry writing at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Irvine" title="University of California, Irvine">University of California, Irvine</a>, where he was the first Mexican-American to earn a <a href="/wiki/Master_of_Fine_Arts" title="Master of Fine Arts">M.F.A.</a> in 1976. He states that he wanted to become a writer in college after discovering the novelist <a href="/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez" title="Gabriel García Márquez">Gabriel García Márquez</a> and the contemporary poets <a href="/wiki/Edward_Field_(poet)" title="Edward Field (poet)">Edward Field</a>, <a href="/wiki/W._S._Merwin" title="W. S. Merwin">W. S. Merwin</a>, <a href="/wiki/Charles_Simic" title="Charles Simic">Charles Simic</a>, <a href="/wiki/James_Wright_(poet)" title="James Wright (poet)">James Wright</a> and <a href="/wiki/Pablo_Neruda" title="Pablo Neruda">Pablo Neruda</a>, whom he calls "the master of them all."<sup id="cite_ref-faq_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soto taught at <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Berkeley" title="University of California, Berkeley">University of California, Berkeley</a><sup id="cite_ref-notable_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notable-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and at the <a href="/wiki/University_of_California,_Riverside" title="University of California, Riverside">University of California, Riverside</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> where he was a Distinguished Professor.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soto was a 'Young People's Ambassador' for the <a href="/wiki/United_Farm_Workers_of_America" class="mw-redirect" title="United Farm Workers of America">United Farm Workers of America</a>, introducing young people to the organization's work and goals.<sup id="cite_ref-notable_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notable-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soto became the sponsor for the Pattonville High School Spanish National Honor Society in 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soto lives in northern California, dividing his time between <a href="/wiki/Berkeley,_California" title="Berkeley, California">Berkeley</a> and Fresno, but is no longer teaching.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Work">Work</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Work"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soto's poetry focuses on daily experiences,<sup id="cite_ref-notable_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notable-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> often reflecting on his life as a <a href="/wiki/Mexican_American" class="mw-redirect" title="Mexican American">Mexican American</a>. Regarding his relationship with the Mexican-American community, Soto commented "as a writer, my duty is not to make people perfect, particularly Mexican Americans. I’m not a cheerleader. I’m one who provides portraits of people in the rush of life."<sup id="cite_ref-faq_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Soto writes novels, plays and memoirs, and has edited several literary anthologies. His story "The No-Guitar Blues" was made into a film,<sup id="cite_ref-faq_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and he produced another film based on his book "The Pool Party."<sup id="cite_ref-bio_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He is a prolific writer of children's books.<sup id="cite_ref-notable_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notable-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>About his work <a href="/wiki/Joyce_Carol_Oates" title="Joyce Carol Oates">Joyce Carol Oates</a> noted "Gary Soto's poems are fast, funny, heartening, and achingly believable, like Polaroid love letters, or snatches of music heard out of a passing car; patches of beauty like patches of sunlight; the very pulse of a life."<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards_and_honors">Awards and honors</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards and honors"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soto's first collection of poems, <i>The Elements of San Joaquin</i>, won the United States Award of the <a href="/wiki/Samuel_John_Hazo" title="Samuel John Hazo">International Poetry Forum</a> in 1976 prior to its publication in the <a href="/wiki/Pitt_Poetry_Series" title="Pitt Poetry Series">Pitt Poetry Series</a> in 1977. The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Times_Book_Review" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Times Book Review">New York Times Book Review</a> also honored the book by reprinting six of the poems. In 1985, his memoir <i>Living Up the Street</i> received the <a href="/wiki/Before_Columbus_Foundation" title="Before Columbus Foundation">Before Columbus Foundation</a>'s <a href="/wiki/American_Book_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American Book Award">American Book Award</a>. </p><p>In 1993, Soto received the <a href="/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie" title="Andrew Carnegie">Andrew Carnegie</a> Medal for Film Excellence from the <a href="/wiki/Association_for_Library_Service_to_Children" title="Association for Library Service to Children">Association for Library Service to Children</a> for his production work on the film <i>The Pool Party</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, Soto received the <a href="/wiki/Hispanic_Heritage_Foundation" title="Hispanic Heritage Foundation">Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Author-Illustrator Civil Rights Award from the <a href="/wiki/National_Education_Association" title="National Education Association">National Education Association</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/International_PEN" class="mw-redirect" title="International PEN">PEN</a> Center West Book Award for <i>Petty Crimes</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Other honors include the "Discovery"/<a href="/wiki/The_Nation" title="The Nation">The Nation</a> Prize, the <a href="/wiki/Poetry_(magazine)#Prizes" title="Poetry (magazine)">Bess Hokin Prize</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Poetry_(magazine)#Prizes" title="Poetry (magazine)">Levinson Award</a> from <i><a href="/wiki/Poetry_(magazine)" title="Poetry (magazine)">Poetry</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-bio_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bio-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He has received The California Library Association's <a href="/wiki/John_and_Patricia_Beatty_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="John and Patricia Beatty Award">John and Patricia Beatty Award</a> (twice), a Recognition of Merit from the <a href="/wiki/Claremont_Graduate_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Claremont Graduate School">Claremont Graduate School</a> for <i>Baseball in April</i>, the Silver Medal from the <a href="/wiki/Commonwealth_Club_of_California" title="Commonwealth Club of California">Commonwealth Club of California</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Rivera" title="Tomás Rivera">Tomás Rivera</a> Prize. </p><p>The library at Winchell Elementary School in Fresno was named after Soto.<sup id="cite_ref-faq_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faq-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2011, the Old Administration Building at Fresno City College became the permanent home of the Gary Soto Literary Museum.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2014, Soto received the <a href="/wiki/Phoenix_Award" title="Phoenix Award">Phoenix Award</a> for his 1994 children's book <i>Jesse</i>. The award committee stated: "<i>Jesse</i> is both a coming-of-age story of one Mexican-American boy with a poetic sensibility and the story of a community and a country at a difficult time—facing poverty and prejudice and war, problems we are still facing today. <i>Jesse</i> offers an unembellished slice of life in Vietnam-era <a href="/wiki/Fresno,_California" title="Fresno, California">Fresno, California</a>."<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bibliography">Bibliography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bibliography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Poetry_collections">Poetry collections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Poetry collections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Downtime</i> (Gunpowder Press, 2023)</li> <li><i>Meatballs for the People: Proverbs to Chew On</i> (<a href="/wiki/Red_Hen_Press" title="Red Hen Press">Red Hen Press</a>, 2017)</li> <li><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation book cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=FAhHkwEACAAJ"><i>Sudden Loss of Dignity</i></a>. Stephen F. Austin University Press. 2013. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-62288-005-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-62288-005-8"><bdi>978-1-62288-005-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Sudden+Loss+of+Dignity&rft.pub=Stephen+F.+Austin+University+Press&rft.date=2013&rft.isbn=978-1-62288-005-8&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DFAhHkwEACAAJ&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Soto" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><i>Partly Cloudy: Poems of love and longing</i> (Harcourt, 2009)</li> <li><i>A Simple Plan</i> (<a href="/wiki/Chronicle_Books" title="Chronicle Books">Chronicle Books</a>, 2007)</li> <li><i>One Kind of Faith</i> (<a href="/wiki/Chronicle_Books" title="Chronicle Books">Chronicle Books</a>, 2003)</li> <li><i>A Natural Man</i> (<a href="/wiki/Chronicle_Books" title="Chronicle Books">Chronicle Books</a>, 1999)</li> <li><i>Junior College</i> (1997)</li> <li><i>New and selected poems</i> (<a href="/wiki/Chronicle_Books" title="Chronicle Books">Chronicle Books</a>, 1995) <a href="/wiki/National_Book_Award" title="National Book Award">National Book Award</a> finalist</li> <li><i>Canto Familiar/Familiar Song</i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Neighborhood Odes</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>Home Course in Religion</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Saturday at the Canal </i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Who Will Know Us?</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>Black Hair</i> (1985)</li> <li><i>Where Sparrows Work Hard</i> (1981)</li> <li><i>The Tale of Sunlight</i> (1978)</li> <li><i>The Elements of San Joaquin</i> (1977)</li> <li><i>Waiting at the curb: Lynwood California</i> (1967)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Young_adult/children's_books"><span id="Young_adult.2Fchildren.27s_books"></span>Young adult/children's books</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Young adult/children's books"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Baseball in April</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>A Fire in My Hands</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Taking Sides</i> (1991)</li> <li><i>Pacific Crossing</i> (1992), sequel to Taking Sides added by DaeQuan Jones</li> <li><i>Too Many Tamales</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>The Skirt</i> (1992)</li> <li><i>The Pool Party</i> (1993)</li> <li><i>Local News</i> (1993)</li> <li><i>Jesse</i> (1994)</li> <li><i>7th grade</i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Crazy Weekend</i> (1994)</li> <li><i>Boys at Work</i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Summer On Wheels</i> (1995)</li> <li><i>Canto Familiar</i> (1995)</li> <li>Buried Onions (1997)</li> <li><i>The Cat's Meow</i> (1997)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Jessie_Lopez_De_La_Cruz" title="Jessie Lopez De La Cruz">Jessie De La Cruz</a>: A Profile of a United Farm Worker</i> (2000)</li> <li><i>Fearless Fernie</i> (2002)</li> <li><i>If the Shoe Fits</i> (2002)</li> <li><i>The Afterlife</i> (2003)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_American_Girl_characters#Marisol_Luna" title="List of American Girl characters">Marisol</a></i> (2005)</li> <li><i>When Dad Came Back</i> (2011), ebook</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Chato">Chato</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Chato"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Beginning in 1995 with <i>Chato's Kitchen</i> (<i>Chato y su cena</i>),<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Soto released a series of children's picture books in Spanish and English about a real, cool cat (<i>gato</i>), a low rider from the <a href="/wiki/Barrio" title="Barrio">barrio</a> of <a href="/wiki/East_Los_Angeles_(region)" class="mw-redirect" title="East Los Angeles (region)">East Los Angeles</a>. They were illustrated by Susan Guevara, and the second one <i>Chato and the Party Animals</i> (<i>Chato y los amigos pachangueros.</i>) (2000) won the <a href="/wiki/Belpr%C3%A9_Medal" class="mw-redirect" title="Belpré Medal">Pura Belpre Medal</a> for best illustration in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series continued with <i>Chato Goes Cruisin'</i> (2004) <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <i>Chato's Day of Dead</i> (2006). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Anthologies_as_editor">Anthologies as editor</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Anthologies as editor"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Entrance: Four Latino Poets</i> (1976)</li> <li><i>California Childhood</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>Pieces of Heart</i> (1993)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Memoir">Memoir</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Memoir"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Why I Don't Write Children's Literature</i> (2015)</li> <li><i>What Poets Are Like: Up and Down with the Writing Life</i> (2013)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Living_Up_the_Street" title="Living Up the Street">Living Up the Street</a></i> (1985), <a href="/wiki/American_Book_Award" class="mw-redirect" title="American Book Award">American Book Award</a></li> <li><i>Small Faces</i> (1986)</li> <li><i>Lesser Evils: Ten Quartets</i> (1988)</li> <li><i>A Summer Life</i> (1990)</li> <li><i>The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy</i> (2001)</li> <li><i>The Jacket</i> (1983)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Plays">Plays</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Plays"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Novio Boy: A play</i> (2006)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film">Film</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Film"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The No-Guitar Blues</i> (1991) based on a story from <i>Baseball in April</i><sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Bike</i> (1991, director)<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><i>The Pool Party</i> (producer, 1992) <a href="/wiki/Carnegie_Medal_for_Excellence_in_Children%27s_Video" title="Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video">Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Children's Video</a> (1993)</li> <li><i>Novio Boy</i> (1994, director)<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gary_Soto&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-notable-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-notable_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-notable_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-notable_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-notable_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-notable_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-notable_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.notablebiographies.com/news/Sh-Z/Soto-Gary.html">Gary Soto at NotableBiographies.com</a>, accessed August 28, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-faq-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-faq_2-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-faq_2-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-faq_2-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-faq_2-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-faq_2-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-faq_2-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100104104818/http://www.garysoto.com/faq.html">"Soto's FAQ page"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.garysoto.com/faq.html">the original</a> on January 4, 2010<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 29,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Soto%27s+FAQ+page&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.garysoto.com%2Ffaq.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Soto" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/3329">University of California news item, 12 June 2001</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110720093618/http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/3329">Archived</a> July 20, 2011, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, accessed August 28, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/3926">University of California news item, 30 January 2002</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20081018210816/http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/3926">Archived</a> October 18, 2008, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, accessed August 28, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.psdr3.org/cms?/News/District/I04245264">Pattonville School District website news</a>, accessed February 23, 2010</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-bio-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-bio_6-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_6-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_6-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_6-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-bio_6-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090830170005/http://www.garysoto.com/bio.html">"Soto's online biography"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.garysoto.com/bio.html">the original</a> on August 30, 2009<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">August 29,</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Soto%27s+online+biography&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.garysoto.com%2Fbio.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Soto" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Kind-Faith-Gary-Soto/dp/0811841170">Amazon reviews</a>, accessed November 24, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.hispanicheritage.org/hispanic_search.php?name=&opt2=10&opt3=0&x=6&y=10">"Hispanic Heritage Awards for Literature"</a>. Hispanic Heritage Foundation<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">January 11,</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Hispanic+Heritage+Awards+for+Literature&rft.pub=Hispanic+Heritage+Foundation&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hispanicheritage.org%2Fhispanic_search.php%3Fname%3D%26opt2%3D10%26opt3%3D0%26x%3D6%26y%3D10&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Soto" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.garysoto.com/museum.html">Gary Soto Literary Museum Homepage</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20161223073435/http://www.garysoto.com/museum.html">Archived</a> December 23, 2016, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, accessed December 8, 2016.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://issuu.com/meetingexpectations/docs/chla_newsletter_autumn_2013"><i>ChLA Newsletter</i></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140714184931/http://issuu.com/meetingexpectations/docs/chla_newsletter_autumn_2013">Archived</a> July 14, 2014, at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Vol. 20, Issue 2 (Autumn 2013). pp. 6–7. Retrieved 2014-07-12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-11">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">a <a href="/wiki/Tom%C3%A1s_Rivera#Legacy" title="Tomás Rivera">Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children's Book Award</a> winner <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20101022194617/http://www.riverabookaward.info/page/Past">"Rivera Book Award: Past Winners"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://riverabookaward.info/page/Past">the original</a> on October 22, 2010.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Rivera+Book+Award%3A+Past+Winners&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Friverabookaward.info%2Fpage%2FPast&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Soto" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/belpremedal/belprepast">"The Pura Belpré Award winners, 1996-present"</a>. Association for Library Services to Children (ALSC), American Library Association. 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Durango, CO: Logbridge-Rhodes. pp. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/newpoetryofameri0000unse/page/104">104</a>. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0937406199" title="Special:BookSources/978-0937406199"><bdi>978-0937406199</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=New+Poetry+of+the+American+West&rft.place=Durango%2C+CO&rft.pages=104&rft.pub=Logbridge-Rhodes&rft.date=1982&rft.isbn=978-0937406199&rft.au=Gary+Soto%2C+Richard+Hugo%2C+John+Haines%2C+William+Matthews%2C+Reg+Saner%2C+Richard+Shelton%2C+William+Stafford%2C+and+David+Wagoner&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fnewpoetryofameri0000unse%2Fpage%2F104&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AGary+Soto" class="Z3988"></span><span class="cs1-maint citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a 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Santos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Adam" title="Helen Adam">Helen Adam</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Lionel_Mitchell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Lionel Mitchell (page does not exist)">Lionel Mitchell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Algar%C3%ADn" title="Miguel Algarín">Miguel Algarín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicholasa_Mohr" title="Nicholasa Mohr">Nicholasa Mohr</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Blue_Cloud" title="Peter Blue Cloud">Peter Blue Cloud</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Kelly_(poet)" title="Robert Kelly (poet)">Robert Kelly</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rose_Drachler&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rose Drachler (page does not exist)">Rose Drachler</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Howe" title="Susan Howe">Susan Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Cade_Bambara" title="Toni Cade Bambara">Toni Cade Bambara</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1982</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Al_Young" title="Al Young">Al Young</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Duane_Niatum" title="Duane Niatum">Duane Niatum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E._L._Mayo" title="E. L. Mayo">E. L. Mayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Chin" title="Frank Chin">Frank Chin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hilton_Obenzinger" title="Hilton Obenzinger">Hilton Obenzinger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Him_Mark_Lai" title="Him Mark Lai">Him Mark Lai</a> / <a href="/wiki/Genny_Lim" title="Genny Lim">Genny Lim</a> / <a href="/wiki/Judy_Yung" title="Judy Yung">Judy Yung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerome_Rothenberg" title="Jerome Rothenberg">Jerome Rothenberg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joyce_Carol_Thomas" title="Joyce Carol Thomas">Joyce Carol Thomas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leroy_Quintana" title="Leroy Quintana">Leroy Quintana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lorna_Dee_Cervantes" title="Lorna Dee Cervantes">Lorna Dee Cervantes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Phillip_Tanaka" title="Ronald Phillip Tanaka">Ronald Phillip Tanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Russell_Banks" title="Russell Banks">Russell Banks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tato_Laviera" title="Tato Laviera">Tato Laviera</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1983</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Christian" title="Barbara Christian">Barbara Christian</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cecilia_Liang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cecilia Liang (page does not exist)">Cecilia Liang</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Evangelina_Vigil-Pi%C3%B1%C3%B3n" title="Evangelina Vigil-Piñón">Evangelina Vigil-Piñón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harriet_Rohmer" title="Harriet Rohmer">Harriet Rohmer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_D._Houston" title="James D. Houston">James D. Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Tarahata_Hagedorn" class="mw-redirect" title="Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn">Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Williams" title="John A. Williams">John A. Williams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joy_Kogawa" title="Joy Kogawa">Joy Kogawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judy_Grahn" title="Judy Grahn">Judy Grahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nash_Candelaria" title="Nash Candelaria">Nash Candelaria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Guralnick" title="Peter Guralnick">Peter Guralnick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_%C3%93_Tuama" title="Seán Ó Tuama">Seán Ó Tuama</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1984</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cecil_Brown_(writer)" title="Cecil Brown (writer)">Cecil Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Snyder" title="Gary Snyder">Gary Snyder</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Schwartz_(writer_and_editor)" class="mw-redirect" title="Howard Schwartz (writer and editor)">Howard Schwartz</a>/ <a href="/wiki/Mark_Podwal" title="Mark Podwal">Mark Podwal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Imamu_Amiri_Baraka" class="mw-redirect" title="Imamu Amiri Baraka">Imamu Amiri Baraka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jes%C3%BAs_Col%C3%B3n" title="Jesús Colón">Jesús Colón</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Bruchac" title="Joseph Bruchac">Joseph Bruchac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maurice_Kenny" title="Maurice Kenny">Maurice Kenny</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mei-mei_Berssenbrugge" title="Mei-mei Berssenbrugge">Mei-mei Berssenbrugge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Min%C3%A9_Okubo" title="Miné Okubo">Miné Okubo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paule_Marshall" title="Paule Marshall">Paule Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ruthanne_Lum_McCunn" title="Ruthanne Lum McCunn">Ruthanne Lum McCunn</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=You-shan_Tang&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="You-shan Tang (page does not exist)">You-shan Tang</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ellen_Lai-shan_Yeung&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ellen Lai-shan Yeung (page does not exist)">Ellen Lai-shan Yeung</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_McGrath_(poet)" title="Thomas McGrath (poet)">Thomas McGrath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venkatesh_Kulkarni" title="Venkatesh Kulkarni">Venkatesh Kulkarni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Kennedy_(author)" title="William Kennedy (author)">William J. Kennedy</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1985</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Angela_Jackson" title="Angela Jackson">Angela Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Genthe" title="Arnold Genthe">Arnold Genthe</a> / <a href="/wiki/John_Kuo_Wei_Tchen" title="John Kuo Wei Tchen">John Kuo Wei Tchen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colleen_J._McElroy" title="Colleen J. McElroy">Colleen J. McElroy</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Gary Soto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Irons" title="Peter Irons">Peter Irons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keiho_Soga" title="Keiho Soga">Keiho Soga</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Taisanboku_Mori&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taisanboku Mori (page does not exist)">Taisanboku Mori</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Sojin_Takei&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sojin Takei (page does not exist)">Sojin Takei</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Muin_Ozaki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Muin Ozaki (page does not exist)">Muin Ozaki</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Louise_Erdrich" title="Louise Erdrich">Louise Erdrich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maureen_Owen" title="Maureen Owen">Maureen Owen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/May_Sarton" title="May Sarton">May Sarton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Duncan_(poet)" title="Robert Duncan (poet)">Robert Edward Duncan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ron_Jones_(teacher)" title="Ron Jones (teacher)">Ron Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Cisneros" title="Sandra Cisneros">Sandra Cisneros</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sonia_Sanchez" title="Sonia Sanchez">Sonia Sanchez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Julia_Vinograd" title="Julia Vinograd">Julia Vinograd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Oandasan" title="William Oandasan">William Oandasan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1986</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Anna_Lee_Walters" title="Anna Lee Walters">Anna Lee Walters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cherr%C3%ADe_Moraga" title="Cherríe Moraga">Cherríe Moraga</a> / <a href="/wiki/Gloria_E._Anzald%C3%BAa" class="mw-redirect" title="Gloria E. Anzaldúa">Gloria E. Anzaldúa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Helen_Barolini" title="Helen Barolini">Helen Barolini</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jeff_Hannusch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jeff Hannusch (page does not exist)">Jeff Hannusch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Hogan_(writer)" title="Linda Hogan (writer)">Linda Hogan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miguel_Algar%C3%ADn" title="Miguel Algarín">Miguel Algarín</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Natasha_Borovsky" title="Natasha Borovsky">Natasha Borovsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Federman" title="Raymond Federman">Raymond Federman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Susan_Howe" title="Susan Howe">Susan Howe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terence_Winch" title="Terence Winch">Terence Winch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshio_Mori" title="Toshio Mori">Toshio Mori</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1987</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ai_(poet)" title="Ai (poet)">Ai</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ana_Castillo" title="Ana Castillo">Ana Castillo</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Cyn_Zarco&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cyn Zarco (page does not exist)">Cyn Zarco</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Daniel_McGuire&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Daniel McGuire (page does not exist)">Daniel McGuire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dorothy_Bryant" title="Dorothy Bryant">Dorothy Bryant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Etheridge_Knight" title="Etheridge Knight">Etheridge Knight</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gary_Giddins" title="Gary Giddins">Gary Giddins</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harvey_Pekar" title="Harvey Pekar">Harvey Pekar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_Welch_(writer)" title="James Welch (writer)">James Welch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Wieners" title="John Wieners">John Wieners</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Juan_Felipe_Herrera" title="Juan Felipe Herrera">Juan Felipe Herrera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucia_Chiavola_Birnbaum" title="Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum">Lucia Chiavola Birnbaum</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michael_Mayo_(poet)" title="Michael Mayo (poet)">Michael Mayo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Septima_Poinsette_Clark" title="Septima Poinsette Clark">Septima Poinsette Clark</a> / <a href="/wiki/Cynthia_Stokes_Brown" title="Cynthia Stokes Brown">Cynthia Stokes Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_McMillan" title="Terry McMillan">Terry McMillan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1988</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Allison_Blakely" title="Allison Blakely">Allison Blakely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Olson" title="Charles Olson">Charles Olson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daisy_Bates_(civil_rights_activist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Daisy Bates (civil rights activist)">Daisy Bates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Halberstam" title="David Halberstam">David Halberstam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sanders" title="Ed Sanders">Edward Sanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Vizenor" title="Gerald Vizenor">Gerald Vizenor</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jimmy_Santiago_Baca" title="Jimmy Santiago Baca">Jimmy Santiago Baca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kesho_Y._Scott" title="Kesho Y. Scott">Kesho Y. Scott</a> / <a href="/wiki/Cherry_Muhanji" title="Cherry Muhanji">Cherry Muhanji</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Egyirba_High&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Egyirba High (page does not exist)">Egyirba High</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marlon_K._Hom&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marlon K. Hom (page does not exist)">Marlon K. Hom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Hoff" title="Benjamin Hoff">Benjamin Hoff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ronald_Sukenick" title="Ronald Sukenick">Ronald Sukenick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Salvatore_La_Puma" title="Salvatore La Puma">Salvatore La Puma</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toni_Morrison" title="Toni Morrison">Toni Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wing_Tek_Lum" title="Wing Tek Lum">Wing Tek Lum</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tek_Lum_Lum&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tek Lum Lum (page does not exist)">Tek Lum Lum</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1989</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alma_Luz_Villanueva" title="Alma Luz Villanueva">Alma Luz Villanueva</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Askia_M._Tour%C3%A9" title="Askia M. Touré">Askia M. Touré</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Audre_Lorde" title="Audre Lorde">Audre Lorde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolyn_Lau" class="mw-redirect" title="Carolyn Lau">Carolyn Lau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emory_Elliott" title="Emory Elliott">Emory Elliott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eduardo_Galeano" title="Eduardo Galeano">Eduardo Galeano</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frank_Chin" title="Frank Chin">Frank Chin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Louis_Gates" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Louis Gates">Henry Louis Gates</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isabel_Allende" title="Isabel Allende">Isabel Allende</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._California_Cooper" title="J. California Cooper">J. California Cooper</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jennifer_Stone_(writer)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jennifer Stone (writer) (page does not exist)">Jennifer Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Josephine_Gattuso_Hendin" title="Josephine Gattuso Hendin">Josephine Gattuso Hendin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leslie_Scalapino" title="Leslie Scalapino">Leslie Scalapino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuntaro_Tanikawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Shuntaro Tanikawa">Shuntaro Tanikawa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Fanning" title="Charles Fanning">Charles Fanning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Minoru_Hohri" class="mw-redirect" title="William Minoru Hohri">William Minoru Hohri</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Adrienne_Kennedy" title="Adrienne Kennedy">Adrienne Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barbara_Grizzuti_Harrison" title="Barbara Grizzuti Harrison">Barbara Grizzuti Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Daniela_Gioseffi" title="Daniela Gioseffi">Daniela Gioseffi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Woody" title="Elizabeth Woody">Elizabeth Woody</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hualing_Nieh_Engle" title="Hualing Nieh Engle">Hualing Nieh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itabari_Njeri" title="Itabari Njeri">Itabari Njeri</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_M._Freeman" title="James M. Freeman">James M. Freeman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_C._Walter" title="John C. Walter">John C. Walter</a> / <a href="/wiki/J._Raymond_Jones" title="J. Raymond Jones">J. Raymond Jones</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Norton_(author)" title="John Norton (author)">John Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Emilio_Gonz%C3%A1lez" title="José Emilio González">José Emilio González</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sergei_Kan" title="Sergei Kan">Sergei Kan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lloyd_A._Thompson" title="Lloyd A. Thompson">Lloyd A. Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Martin_Bernal" title="Martin Bernal">Martin Bernal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michelle_T._Clinton" title="Michelle T. Clinton">Michelle T. Clinton</a> / <a href="/wiki/Sesshu_Foster" title="Sesshu Foster">Sesshu Foster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Davis" title="Miles Davis">Miles Davis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paula_Gunn_Allen" title="Paula Gunn Allen">Paula Gunn Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shirley_Geok-lin_Lim" title="Shirley Geok-lin Lim">Shirley Geok-lin Lim</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mayumi_Tsutakawa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mayumi Tsutakawa (page does not exist)">Mayumi Tsutakawa</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Margarita_Donnelly&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Margarita Donnelly (page does not exist)">Margarita Donnelly</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1991</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Alejandro_Murgu%C3%ADa" title="Alejandro Murguía">Alejandro Murguía</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bell_hooks" title="Bell hooks">bell hooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruce_M._Wright" title="Bruce M. Wright">Bruce Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charley_Trujillo" title="Charley Trujillo">Charley Trujillo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D._H._Melhem" title="D. H. Melhem">D. H. Melhem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deborah_Keenan" title="Deborah Keenan">Deborah Keenan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jessica_Hagedorn" title="Jessica Hagedorn">Jessica Hagedorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Edgar_Wideman" title="John Edgar Wideman">John Edgar Wideman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joy_Harjo" title="Joy Harjo">Joy Harjo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karen_Tei_Yamashita" title="Karen Tei Yamashita">Karen Tei Yamashita</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucia_Berlin" title="Lucia Berlin">Lucia Berlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mary_Crow_Dog" class="mw-redirect" title="Mary Crow Dog">Mary Crow Dog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meridel_Le_Sueur" title="Meridel Le Sueur">Meridel Le Sueur</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mill_Hunk_Herald_Collective&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mill Hunk Herald Collective (page does not exist)">Mill Hunk Herald Collective</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nora_Marks_Dauenhauer" title="Nora Marks Dauenhauer">Nora Marks Dauenhauer</a> / <a href="/wiki/Richard_Dauenhauer" title="Richard Dauenhauer">Richard Dauenhauer</a></li> <li>R. Baxter Miller</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thomas_Centolella" title="Thomas Centolella">Thomas Centolella</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1992</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%27Lelia_Bundles" title="A'Lelia Bundles">A'Lelia Perry Bundles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Art_Spiegelman" title="Art Spiegelman">Art Spiegelman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Benjamin_Alire_S%C3%A1enz" title="Benjamin Alire Sáenz">Benjamin Alire Sáenz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donna_J._Haraway" class="mw-redirect" title="Donna J. Haraway">Donna J. Haraway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fritjof_Capra" title="Fritjof Capra">Fritjof Capra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Antonio_Burciaga" title="José Antonio Burciaga">José Antonio Burciaga</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keith_Gilyard" title="Keith Gilyard">Keith Gilyard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucy_Thompson" title="Lucy Thompson">Lucy Thompson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norma_Field" title="Norma Field">Norma Field</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Bacho" title="Peter Bacho">Peter Bacho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Kalifornsky" title="Peter Kalifornsky">Peter Kalifornsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raymond_Andrews" title="Raymond Andrews">Raymond Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sandra_Scofield" title="Sandra Scofield">Sandra Scofield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Hamanaka" title="Sheila Hamanaka">Sheila Hamanaka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Verlyn_Klinkenborg" title="Verlyn Klinkenborg">Verlyn Klinkenborg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_B._Branch" title="William B. Branch">William B. Branch</a> / <a href="/wiki/Amiri_Baraka" title="Amiri Baraka">Amiri Baraka</a> / <a href="/wiki/August_Wilson" title="August Wilson">August Wilson</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1993</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Asake_Bomani&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Asake Bomani (page does not exist)">Asake Bomani</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Belvie_Rooks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Belvie Rooks (page does not exist)">Belvie Rooks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Christopher_Mogil" title="Christopher Mogil">Christopher Mogil</a> / <a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Woodrow&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Woodrow (page does not exist)">Peter Woodrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cornel_West" title="Cornel West">Cornel West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Giardina" title="Denise Giardina">Denise Giardina</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Diane_Glancy" title="Diane Glancy">Diane Glancy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_B._Redmond" title="Eugene B. 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Allen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Denise_Chavez" class="mw-redirect" title="Denise Chavez">Denise Chavez</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Egerton_(journalist)" title="John Egerton (journalist)">John Egerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ross_(activist)" title="John Ross (activist)">John Ross</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thomas_Avena&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Thomas Avena (page does not exist)">Thomas Avena</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Linda_Raymond&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Linda Raymond (page does not exist)">Linda Raymond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Li-Young_Lee" title="Li-Young Lee">Li-Young Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Marianna_De_Marco_Torgovnick&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Marianna De Marco Torgovnick (page does not exist)">Marianna De Marco Torgovnick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marnie_Mueller" title="Marnie Mueller">Marnie Mueller</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Peter_Quinn_(author)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Peter Quinn (author) (page does not exist)">Peter Quinn</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sandra_Martz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sandra Martz (page does not exist)">Sandra Martz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gordon_Henry_Jr." class="mw-redirect" title="Gordon Henry Jr.">Gordon Henry Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tricia_Rose" title="Tricia Rose">Tricia Rose</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1996</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agate_Nesaule" title="Agate Nesaule">Agate Nesaule</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_Sze" title="Arthur Sze">Arthur Sze</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chang-Rae_Lee" title="Chang-Rae Lee">Chang-Rae Lee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chitra_Banerjee_Divakaruni" title="Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni">Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/E.J._Miller_Laino" class="mw-redirect" title="E.J. Miller Laino">E.J. Miller Laino</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_C._Loury" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenn C. Loury">Glenn C. Loury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_W._Loewen" title="James W. Loewen">James W. Loewen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Sacco" title="Joe Sacco">Joe Sacco</a> / <a href="/wiki/Edward_Said" title="Edward Said">Edward Said</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kimiko_Hahn" title="Kimiko Hahn">Kimiko Hahn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maria_Espinosa" title="Maria Espinosa">Maria Espinosa</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Robert_Viscusi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Robert Viscusi (page does not exist)">Robert Viscusi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherman_Alexie" title="Sherman Alexie">Sherman Alexie</a></li> <li>Ron Sakolsky / <a href="/wiki/Fred_Weihan_Ho" class="mw-redirect" title="Fred Weihan Ho">Fred Weihan Ho</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Stephanie_Cowell&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Stephanie Cowell (page does not exist)">Stephanie Cowell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_H._Gass" title="William H. Gass">William H. 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