The Ricardo Sánches Reader: Critical Essays and Anthology     

About the Authors

Leonardo Carrillo, a native of Benavides, Texas received his B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. in Hispanic Languages and Literature from St. Louis University. In 1978, he served as Chairperson of the Canto Al Pueblo National Board. In 1981, he served as the President of The Center for Hispanic Arts. After serving as Assistant Dean at Texas A&M University, he was appointed Presidential Fellow in 1994. His academic interests have been in Chicano folk medicine and Chicano literature. Currently he is the Director of International Programs and Professor of Mexican-American Studies.

Emeritus Professor Luis Leal is considered one of the most important critics in Mexican Letters His academic contributions over a period of fifty five years is extraordinary and numerous. He has published over forty anthologies and critical works in Spanish-American Literature, particularly on the Mexican Short Story. His area of interests include the Mexican Revolution, Magical Realism, Chicano Literature and its literary heritage. His articles and essays appear as early as 1942 covering a vision of Mexico from Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz to Carlos Fuentes. His lectures in major U.S. universities have included the Chicano themes of Aztlan, the folklore, its creative short fiction and the Hispanic literary tradition. A member of several editorial boards in critical and creative literature, he has, moreover, served as a member of the prestigious Jurado de Letras de Oro of Mexico. In 1990, Prof. Leal was honored by the University of California-Santa Barbara with the establishment of the Luis Leal Endowed Chair in Chicano Studies; other honors have come from the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History and the Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala of Mexico. In 1991, he was conferred the prestigious Águila Azteca Medal by the President of Mexico, Carlos de Salinas de Gotari for his lifetime achievements in Literature. Most important has been his role as a bridge between the Chicano and the Mexicano, and as an ambassador for U.S.-Mexican literary relations.

Miguel López is a native of Los Angeles, CA. where he earned a B.A. in Spanish at the California State University, Los Angeles. He also earned an M.A. degree in Spanish at the University of California, Riverside and is now completing a Ph.D. in Chicano Literature and Culture at Stanford University's Department of Spanish and Portuguese. In 1993 he won the Ernesto Galarza Prize for Excellence in Chicano Research for his metacritical study of three Chicano critics.

M. Sue Hetherington grew up in St. Louis, Missouri and received a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Missouri in 1941. After working as a journalist in Missouri , Oklahoma and Texas, she pursued an M.A. in English from the University of Houston and a Ph.D. in English language and linguistics from the University of Texas in Austin in 1973. In 1986, she retired from the College of Charleston(South Carolina) as Professor Emeritus and moved to San Antonio where she met Ricardo Sánchez and began translating and glossing his poems. These glossaries were included in Sánchez’ Eagle-Visioned Feathered Adobes(1990) and Canto y Grito mi Liberación(1995). Other publications include The Beginnings of Old English Lexicography and other articles on lexicography. Recently, she served as Chairperson of the Board of the Academy of Learning in Retirement in San Antonio.

Arnoldo Carlos Vento was born and raised in South Texas. His B.A. is in French and Spanish Literature (University of Texas-Austin); his M.A. and Ph..D. in Spanish-American Literature. (New Mexico Highlands, University of Missouri-Columbia). After developing Chicano Studies programs in the states of Michigan, Wisconsin and Texas (1972-1981), he concentrated on creative writing and research. His contributions include: (1) Chicano Studies-- Chicano Studies program development, co-founder of Canto Al Pueblo., various anthologies, several critical texts, short stories and articles. (2) Spanish Literature--various critical books (Mexican, Peninsular & Chicano Letters) novel, short stories and articles. (3) Pre-Columbian culture and civilization--articles in Chicano and anthropological journals, various chapters in two critical texts, screenplay. Currently working on text which reconstructs Aztec culture and civilization from the Native American perspective.

Ben V. Olguín received his B.A. In Spanish with honors from the University of Houston and his M.A. in Latin-American Literature and a Ph.D. in Chicano Literature from Stanford University. His article included in this anthology is part of his extensive research completed on the poetry of Ricardo Sánchez. Currently, he teaches in the English Department at Cornell University.

Jesús Rosales grew up in Santa Barbara, California. He received his B.A. degree in Spanish from UCLA, his M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, the latter in 1996, where he, moreover, concentrated on the narrative of Alejandro Morales. Additionally, he took first prize for short story in the Seventh Chicano Literary Award at U.C Irvine. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies at Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi.

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