Somos en escrito Press has published established and up and coming writers of books that are important for our community.
For a list of contributing authors in anthologies see the respective page:
El Porvenir ¡Ya! Chicano sci-fi Anthology
Our Creative Realidades (forthcoming soon!)
Chicanofuturism Now! (forthcoming 2024)
Somos Xicanas (forthcoming 2024)
Authors of Upcoming Publications
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X́ANATH CARAZA
Xánath Caraza presents readings and workshops in Europe, Latin America, and the U.S. She writes for La Bloga, Seattle Escribe, and Revista Literaria Monolito. In 2018 for the International Latino Book Awards she received First Place for 'Lágrima roja' for “Best Book of Poetry in Spanish by One Author” and First Place for 'Sin preámbulos / Without Preamble' for “Best Book of Bilingual Poetry by One Author.” |
See more on the upcoming Corazón de agua / Heart of Water by Xánath Caraza
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Isabella Santana Isabella Santana is a nineteen year-old poet and activist from Los Angeles. Isabella’s struggles in adolescence inspired her to write her poetry for the hurting and the unheard. This led her on a long journey, which resulted in her becoming a Los Angeles Youth Poet Ambassador in 2022 and 2023. In 2022, she wrote and performed a poem for the radio and broadcasting company Univision at their 60th-anniversary gala.
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See more on the upcoming Abuela Lore by Isabella Santana
Our Published Authors
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Ernesto MirelesDr. Mireles is a prominent thought leader deeply committed to cultivating political organizations within the Xicano movement, centering on key questions of political and cultural identity. Offers extensive expertise through in-person and online presentations on political growth and Xicana/o/x identity. Over the past three decades, he has effectively trained numerous young Xicanos and Xicanas in community mobilization and grassroots organizing. His academic focus is on indigenous insurgency, national liberation, and anti-colonial resistance, particularly at the convergence of political sovereignty, mobilization, and party building. He actively seeks collaborations with individuals dedicated to social justice, preservation of Xicano Indigenous culture, and combating socio-economic inequalities, and is currently a faculty member at Northern Arizona University in the Ethnic Studies department.
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See more on Insurgent Aztlán by Ernesto Mireles
Armando Arias
Sonny Boy Arias is the pen name of Armando A. Arias, a dedicated contributor to Somos en escrito via his column, Chicano Confidential and a stone-cold Chicano. He writes under the general rubric of historias verdaderas mentiras auténticas–true stories and authentic lies. He has found this the most effective manner to convey his stories about Chicano life. He is the author of Theorizing Cesar Chavez, a publication of Somos en escrito Foundation Press, 2020.
Sonny Boy Arias is the pen name of Armando A. Arias, a dedicated contributor to Somos en escrito via his column, Chicano Confidential and a stone-cold Chicano. He writes under the general rubric of historias verdaderas mentiras auténticas–true stories and authentic lies. He has found this the most effective manner to convey his stories about Chicano life. He is the author of Theorizing Cesar Chavez, a publication of Somos en escrito Foundation Press, 2020.
See more on Theorizing César Chávez by Armando A. Arias
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Álvaro RamírezÁlvaro Ramírez, a native of Michoacán of Purépecha ancestry, has taught Spanish Golden Age and 20th Century Latin American Literature in the Department of Modern Languages at Saint Mary’s College of California, since 1993. At present he is also director of the Ethnic Studies Program. A scholar on the writings of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, essayist on Mexican culture and film and Chicano studies, he recently published a collection of short stories titled, Los Norteados (Ediciones Alfeízar, 2016) a couple of them first published in Somos en escrito. |
See more on Postcards from a PostMexican by Álvaro Ramírez
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R. Ch. GarciaR. Ch. Garcia had a dozen adult, short stories and one alternate-world novel published under another name. But that's unimportant because anymore he only writes stories for young adults and children. His first was a children's fable, in Spanish, published by Cricket in Revista Iguana.
Writing in Northside Denver, he gardens, landscapes, woodworks and cares for cactus and wild birds that visit his and wife Carmen's gardens, like his two Nietos. Plus he has a bright, friendly dog Menqui and a sorta good cat, Great Huntress. He's lucky and privileged to live well, so his writing focuses on young people for the day everyone can be as lucky. His adopted credo: "Give up on the adults! Give up on the adults!" – P. Bacigalupi See more on R. Ch. Garcia's website. |
See more on Death Song of the Dragón Chicxulub by R. Ch. Garcia
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Carmen BacaCarmen Baca taught a variety of English and history courses, mostly at the high school and college levels in northern New Mexico where she lives, over the course of 36 years before retiring in 2014. She published her first novel in May 2017, El Hermano, a historical fiction based on her father’s induction into the Penitente society and rise to El Hermano Mayor. The book is available from online booksellers. She has also published eight short pieces in online literary magazines and women’s blogs.
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See more on Bella Collector of Cuentos by Carmen Baca
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Armando RendónArmando Rendón, a native of San Antonio, Texas, is the award-winning author of The Adventures of Noldo books for young adults, the author of Chicano Manifesto (1971, 1996), all of which are available as e-books, and the founder/editor of Somos en escrito Press and Somos en escrito Magazine. www.somosenescrito.com.
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See more on Chicano Manifesto by Armando Rendón
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Abel Astorga MoralesDoctorate in Social Sciences from Universidad de Guadalajara (2015-2019), Master’s Degree in the History of Mexico from that same university (2012-2014), and Licentiate Degree in History from Universidad Autónoma de Sinaloa (2006-2010). Professor at Universidad del Valle of Atemajac (UNIVA-Guadalajara). His lines of research are: International migrations, Bracero program, History of the present time, Studies of memoirs and oral history, social movements, and Transmigration of Central Americans through Mexico. He is the author of the book entitled Historia de un ahorro sin retorno. Despojo salarial, olvido y reivindicación histórica en el movimiento social de ex braceros, 1942-1964 (Guadalajara, CUCSH-UdeG, 2017), coauthor of the book Trayectorias humanas en La Bestia. Migración en tránsito y estacionalidad de centroamericanos Ocotlán y Guadalajara, 2010-2015 (Guadalajara, UdeG, 2019), coauthor of the book entitled Ex braceros. Un problema migratorio con pasado y presente (Guadalajara, STAUdeG, 2015). He also authored nine articles published in scientific journals of Spain, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and El Salvador, outstanding among which are: “La región del Triángulo Norte Centroamericano y el círculo vicioso: violencia, pobreza y migración” (Conjeturas Sociológicas, El Salvador, 2017); “‘El enterrador’ y otras memorias. Historia oral de los centros de contratación del Programa Bracero” (Diarios del Terruño, México, 2016); “El ‘caso ex bracero en México’: un movimiento social amparado en el despojo y fortalecido por la memoria” (Anuario de Historia Regional y de las Fronteras, Colombia, 2015), among others. He has also been a research fellow at University of Texas in Austin, Universidad de Granada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Universidad de Guanajuato, Universidad Autónoma de Baja California, among others, and has made several professional presentations in Mexico and abroad.
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See more on Our Grandfathers Were Braceros
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Rosa Martha Zárate MacíasBorn in Guadalajara, Jalisco, she has resided in California since 1966. She was a primary school teacher at Instituto América (Guadalajara) and at Nuestra Señora del Monte Carmelo (San Ysidro, CA) (now retired). Bachelor’s Degree: Escuela Superior de Música in Guadalajara; Bachelors in Pastoral Theology (Instituto Teológico Pastoral in Mexico City, extension of the Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil); Popular Educator, (Guadalajara, Santa Ana, CA, New York - Maestro Paulo Freire); Adult Education (Instituto Catequístico Latinoamericano, Manizales, Colombia); She has a 50-year trajectory as a singer-songwriter (Musical presentations in the United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia). She has experience as a popular organizer and has participated in social movements for 52 years; Cofounder of Librería del Pueblo, A.C. (San Bernardino, CA). She has collaborated in the organization and founding of community, health, and alternative economy projects in urban areas, and in indigenous and peasant communities in the United States and Mexico. For the past 20 years she has accompanied the social movement of the Ex Braceros (Mexico/USA). She is currently promoting and accompanying the Binational Mi Abuelo Fue Bracero y Yo También project, whose aim is to establish spaces of popular education and the training of agents of social change.
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See more on Our Grandfathers Were Braceros
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Robert René GalvánRobert René Galván, born in San Antonio, Texas, resides in New York City where he works as a professional musician and poet. His last collection of poems is entitled, Meteors, published by Lux Nova Press. Recently, his poems are featured in Puro ChicanX Writers of the 21st Century and in Yellow Medicine Review: A Journal of Indigenous Literature, Art and Thought. His next book of poems, The Shadow of Time, is forthcoming from Adelaide Books in 2021. His poetry was recently featured in Adelaide Literary Magazine, Azahares Literary Magazine, Gyroscope, Hawaii Review, Hispanic Culture Review, Newtown Review, Panoply, Somos en escrito Magazine, Stillwater Review, West Texas Literary Review, and the Winter 2018 issue of UU World. He is a Shortlist Winner Nominee in the 2018 Adelaide Literary Award for Best Poem. Two poems by Galván have been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and another for the Best of the Web for 2020.
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