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Kathleen Alcalá
Kathleen Alcalá is a Chicana writer whose trilogy on nineteenth century Mexico was published by Chronicle Books. Her work has received the Western States Book Award, the Governer's Writers Award, and a Pacific Northwest Bookseller's Award, among others. She is also a co-founder and contributing editor to the Raven Chronicles. She is currently a writer in residence at the Richard Hugo House in Seattle.

Isabel Allende
The best resources about the life and works of Isabel Allende, author of "House of Spirits", "Daughter of Fortune" and many other great works.

Aldo Alvarez
Aldo Alvarez is the author of Interesting Monsters, a book of short stories. Read excerpts from his book at his site.

Julia Alvarez
A collection of sites with critical analysis and reviews of this Dominican writer.

Jorge Amado
A summary of two novels and a bibliography of Brazilian writer Jorge Amado.

Rudolfo Anaya
Biography and themes behind the works of the southwestern author of Bless Me, Ultima.

Anthology of Paraguayan Women Writers
Susan Smith Nash, Ph.D. presents the works of several women from Paraguay.

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Gioconda Belli
A review of biography of this Nicaraguan author of The Inhabited Women.

Sandra Benitez
A discussion of the life and influences of Salvadoran writer Benitez.

Irene A. Blea
Irene I. Blea, Ph. D., is an accomplished Chicana feminist lecturer with several publications available on race, class, and gender.

Julia de Burgos (1917-1953)
One of the most accomplished Puerto Rican (and Afro-Boricua) poets. She was a teacher, a feminist and a poet.

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Rafael Campo
A biography and links to exhibits of the poetry of Cuban-American Rafael Campos.

Ana Castillo
The best resources about the life and works of Ana Castillo, author of "Goddess of the Americas", "Peel My Love Like an Onion", "My Daughter, My Son, the Eagle, the Dove" and others.

Veronica Chambers
Culture writer for Newsweek and author of several books for children and adults, including Marisol and Magdalena and Quinceanera Means Sweet Fifteen.

Linda Chavez
Linda Chavez, a conservative columnist, commentator, author, civil rights and human rights activist. Her views have challenged the concepts put forth by "liberal" Hispanic activists. George W. Bush's pick for Labor Secretary.

ChicanaWriter.com
A growing home for the Chicana Writers. They have helpful articles for writers, reviews, forums and they encourage submissions. [English]

Sandra Cisneros
Biography, bibliography, and reviews of the Mexican-American author of The House on Mango Street.

Columnists
Latino and Latina columnists with articles appearing regularly in newspapers.

Julio Cortázar
A bibliography and brief biography of this Argentine magical realist who has influenced many other writers.

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
The seventeenth century Mexican nun was a scholar, playwright, poet and one of the first feminists in the colonial Americas.

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Harriet Doerr
A very brief biography of the author of Stones for Ibarra.

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Margarita Engle
Information about the author of Singing to Cuba and Skywriting: A Novel of Cuba .

EnviroCrime Mysteries
Lidia & Charles LoPinto, both with graduate degrees in Chemical Engineering, write about a Puerto Rican environmental engineer from Vieques and her Irish FBI agent patner who investigate crimes against the environment. [English/Español]

María Amparo Escandón
Author and screenwriter of Santitos. The movie was released in January 2000.

Laura Esquivel
Read an interview by Salon. Author of Like Water, For Chocolate.

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Rosario Ferre
A summary of The Youngest Doll with a look at the biographical influences of this Puerto Rican author.

Gustavo Pérez Firmat
Musing about identity and syntax from the author of My Own Private Cuba.

Carlos Fuentes
This Mexican author has lived and learned throughout the Americas. Carlos Fuentes has become one of the most renoun Latin American writers.

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Eduardo Galeano
An interview with the Uruguayan author of The Book of Embraces.

Cristina Garcia
Interviews and reviews of the works of Cristina Garcia.

Carolina Garcia-Aguilera
Reviews of works by the private investigator who authored of the "Lupe Solano mysteries".

Dagoberto Gilb
Reviews of the author of The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña and The Magic of Blood.

Patrisia Gonzales & Roberto Rodriguez
Sample articles by these nationally syndicated Latino columnists.

Nicolas Guillen
A brief bio of the Cuban contemporary of Langston Hughes.

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Oscar Hijuelos
Author of The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, from which the movie Mambo Kings was based.

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Mario Vargas Llosa
Articles by and about Mario Vargas Llosa from the New York Times.

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Gabriel García Márquez
This site does a magnificent task of tracking the history, life, works, and musings of this prolific author.

Cynthia Leal Massey
Author of Fire Lilies, a saga of the Mexican Revolution. 2002 Eppie finalist for Historical Fiction.

Luis Palés Matos
Considered the greatest Puerto Rican poet of the modernist period.

Pat Mora
Web site has information about her poetry, nonfiction and various literacy events.

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J. L. Navarro
J.L. Navarro first published "Blue Day On Main Street" in 1973 with Quinto Sol, the first Chicano in the US to publish a short story collection. Here is his latest work, "After the War".

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Octavio Paz (1914-1998)
This Mexican poet and critic became the 1990 Nobel Prize winner "for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity."

Mary Helen Ponce
An interview with the author of The Wedding and Taking Control.

Elena Poniatowska
An interview with the Mexican author of Hasta no verte Jesus mio and Tinisima.

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Esther Bonilla Read
Esther Bonilla Read is an educator and writer. She is the author of "Kindergarten Kapers" and "Juanito".

Alberto Alvaro Ríos
Excerpts and reviews from this Guatamalan poet who grew up in Arizona.

Tomás Rivera
Author for which the Tomás Rivera Center for Student Success is named.

Art Rodriguez
Author of several coming of age stories, written for young people and adults. Books include East Side Dreams, The Monkey Box and Forgotten Memories.

Roberto Rodriguez & Patrisia Gonzales
Sample articles by these nationally syndicated Latino columnists.

Richard Rodriguez
Read essays by the author of Hunger of Memory- The Education of Richard Rodriguez.

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Esmeralda Santiago
Interview of the author of When I Was Puerto Rican and Almost a Woman.

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Paco Ignacio Taibo II
Listing and links to the works of this Spanish-Mexican crime writer that includes magical realism in his works.

Piri Thomas
The official website for this Puerto Rican/Cuban author of Down These Mean Streets.

Piri Thomas - It Seems to Me
Articles by Piri Thomas, from In Motion Magazine. [English]

Sergio Troncoso
Web site for the author of "The Last Tortilla and Other Stories." He has several of his stories, articles and interviews online, including an essay "Why Should Latinos Write Their Own Stories?"

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Alfredo Vea, Jr.
A review of Gods Go Begging. Vea also wrote The Silver Cloud Cafe and La Maravila.