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"I write poems on walls that crumble and fall
I talk to shadows that sleep and go away crying.”
Luis Omar Salinas (1937–2008)
José Montoya
José Montoya (born 1932) is a poet and an artist from Sacramento, California. He is one of the most influential Chicano bilingual poets. He has published many well-known poems in anthologies and magazines. He is Sacramento’s poet laureate.
Making his start soon after the Korean War when he entered San Diego City College as an art student, Montoya later transferred to the California College of Arts & Crafts in Oakland, California. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in 1962. In the early 1970s, he joined students and members of the Chicano community to found the Rebel Chicano Art Front, later renamed the Royal Chicano Air Force, which organized numerous cultural, educational, and political activities in the Sacramento area. He began his career by teaching High School until he earned his MA in 1971, at California State University. He then taught for 25 years in the Department of Art Education at CSUS. More here at Wikipedia
B. V. Olguín’s “La Pinta” Jan. 2010 release from UT-Press
Rumel Fuentes – Voice of the Chicano Movement
que floresca la luz
This is test audio for upcoming recordings of poetry on Xican@ Poetry Daily. The song was recorded by music prof. Juan Tejeda for students at Palo Alto College for a scene in “El Campo Santo,” a theater performance in Fall 2009 in celebration of Dia de Los Muertos.
Un Tributo, Angela De Hoyos
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