Diana Garcia (poet)
Diana Garcia (born August 3, 1950) is an American poet.
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| Born | August 3, 1950[1] San Joaquin County, California, United States[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | San Diego State University |
| Genre | poetry |
| Notable awards | American Book Award |
Life
She was raised in California and is the oldest of three children. Her parents were migrant field workers who lived in a farm labor camp, California Packing Company Camp #15, when she was born. She was graduated from Merced High School in 1968 and attended Fresno State College for one year before leaving college to work and care for her son. She graduated from San Diego State University with an MFA in Creative Writing. She then was chosen to fill a one-year visiting professorship at Central Connecticut State University. Upon completion of that one-year contract she was hired as a full-time professor. She teaches creative writing at California State University, Monterey Bay.[2]
Awards
- 2001 American Book Award
Works
- When living was a labor camp. University of Arizona Press. 2000. ISBN 978-0-8165-2043-5.
Anthologies
- Rick Heide, ed. (2002). "Cotton Rows, Cotton Blankets". Under the fifth sun: Latino literature from California. Heyday Books. p. 262. ISBN 978-1-890771-59-1.
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- John S. Christie; José B. Gonzalez, eds. (2006). Latino boom: an anthology of U.S. Latino literature. Pearson/Longman. ISBN 978-0-321-09383-7.
- Gary Soto, ed. (1993). Pieces of the heart: new Chicano fiction. Chronicle Books. ISBN 978-0-8118-0068-6.
- Frances Payne Adler; Debra Busman; Diana García, eds. (2009). Fire and Ink: An Anthology of Social Action Writing. University of Arizona Press. ISBN 978-0-8165-2793-9.
- Ray González, ed. (1998). Touching the fire: fifteen poets of today's Latino renaissance. Anchor Books/Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-47862-5.
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References
- "Diana Garcia, Born 08/03/1950 in California". California Birth Index. Retrieved 5 March 2020.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-06-21. Retrieved 2009-12-24.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
External links
- "Fighting Words; CSUMB poet Diana Garcia gives voice to the voiceless.", Monterey County Weekly, May 7, 2003
- Diana Garcia: Spotlight on US Hispanic Writers from Library of Congress
- Hispanic-American poet Diana García reading from her work, 2015, Library of Congress.
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