Austin

“In our mouths—tongues of smoke.” | ir’ene lara silva

Aaron H. Aceves

author

Gloria Amescua

writer

Barrio Writers

 creative writing | cultural arts | higher education
| for teenagers in underserved communities
founded in 2009 by Sarah Rafael Garcia

Reyes Cárdenas

poet

Valeka Cruz

poet writer

Adrianna Cuevas

author

Adrienne Dawes

producer teaching artist writer

Kim Denning

author historianpoetprofessor 

Julio Cesar Diaz

poet

Steven Espada Dawson

poet teacher writer 

Tez Marilyse Figueroa

educator | writer

José Flores Peregrino

poet | songwriter

Tracey Flores

writer
founder of Somos Escritoras/We Are Writers

Juan Camillo Garza

multi-instrumentalist 
photographer poet

Dagoberto Gilb

author

Abra Gist

teacher writer

Isabella Gonzalez

writer

Miguel González-Gerth
1926-2017

poet scholar

Hablemos, escritoras.

podcast | un espacio de curaduría literaria

Gabino Iglesias 

author photographer writer

Ren Koppel Torres
 רנאלדו

artist | author editor | poet

ir’ene lara silva

essayist | poet | writer
2023 Texas Poet Laureate

Moises Salvador Luciano Lara
1981 – 2022
XOCHIPILLI

artist | poet

Cynthia Leitich Smith

 Muskogee Creek Nation | author 

Ladislao “Ladi” Loera

illustrator storyteller | writer 

Jessica Tlazoltiani Ochoa Zamarripa

activist community organizer writer

mónica teresa ortiz

poet

Rene S Perez II

author | editor | educator

raúlsalinas
1934-2008

activist | poet

Esteban Rodriguez

editor | poet

S.N. Rodriguez

poet | writer

Antonio Ruiz-Camacho

author | journalist

Flor Salcedo

writer

Richard Z. Santos

author

Somos Escritoras |
We are Writers

a creative space for Latinx girls | 
founded by Tracey Flores

Sam Treviño

literary organizer poet writer

Leticia Urieta

community teaching artist | writer

Liliana Valenzuela

journalist | literary translator | podcaster | poet

Jesús I. Valles

poet storyteller | writer 

Voces Oral History Center

The University of Texas at Austin

Javier Wallace

curatornarrative storyteller
scholarspeaker

Debbie Zapata

author | speaker