El Paso

“The Ethereal Angels—these are the artists, the poets, the dancers.” | John Rechy

Sylvia Aguilar Zéleny

author | educator

Sandra Aguirre-Magaña

author | storyteller

Rosa Alcalá

poet | translator

Benjamin Alire Sáenz

poet | novelist | writer 
  

Aldo Amparán

poet

Robert Avila

writer | memoirist 

Barbed Wire Open Mic Series

Border Senses event  | community voices 
| multi-lingual 

BorderSenses

community | literary arts |  non-profit

Miguel Antony Briones

author | community organizer | educator | illustrator

José Antonio Burciaga
1940-1996

artist | poet | writer

Daniel Chacón

editor | essayist | novelist | 
professor | radio host | writer

Yolanda Chavez Leyva

essayist | fierce fronteriza | professor | writer

Alfredo Corchado

author | journalist

Martha P Cotera

activist | writer

Rios de la Luz

writer

María del Socorro Limón

poet

Willivaldo Delgadillo

author | educator

Abelardo “Lalo” Delgado
1931-2004

community organizer | poet | writer

Gabriel Dozal

poet

Marta Elva

author

Carlos Fidel Espinoza

editor | poet | writer

Pete G. Flores 

author | biographer 

Alma García

author

Geotestimonios Transfronterizxs

binational | border-community digital | storytelling 

Alicia Gaspar de Alba

professor | writer 

Rafael Jesús González

poet | visual artist

Ray Gonzalez

editor | essayist | poet

Christine Granados

author |  journalist

Tim Z. Hernandez

multi-disciplinary artist | storyteller

Cassie Holguin-Pettinato

collage artist | poet

Arturo Islas
1938-1991

academic | author

Minerva Laveaga Luna

editor | translator | writer
 | Veliz Books founding editor & publisher

Literally Literary Podcast

hosted & produced by Vanessa Zuniga,
Reyna Muñoz & Richie Marrufo

Kierra Lopez-Robinson

founder of Readvolutionary

Nancy Lorenza Green
QEPD 2024

musician | photographer | poet | writer

Sheryl Luna

poet

M. Miranda Maloney

editor | educator | publisher | writer

Richie D. Marrufo

educator | podcast host & producer 
| spoken word artist 

Claudía Guadalupe Martinez

author

Eduardo Martínez-Leyva

poet

Lucia Martinez

poet  | translator | visual artist

Raquel B Mejia

playwright | poet | writer

Josie Méndez-Negrete

memoirist | writer

Matt Mendez

author

Ronnie Molina

poet | writer

Carolina Monsiváis

activist | historian | poet

Pat Mora

author | poet

Donna Muñoz

author  | educator

Gris Muñoz

biographer | poet | storyteller
 
 

Alessandra Narváez Varela

author | poet | teacher

rubí orozco santos

 environmental writer | poet
| narrative writer

Paul Pedroza

 editor | writer

Estela Portillo Trambley
1926-1998

playwright | writer

Yasmín Ramírez

memoirist | writer 

Readvolutionary

mobile non-profit library | 
anti racism & multicultural
children’s literature
| founded 2020 by 
Kierra Lopez-Robinson

John Rechy

essayist | novelist | playwright
 
 

Luis J. Rodriguez

columnist | critic | journalist 
| novelist | poet 

Adrianna Sampedro

writer

Ricardo Sánchez
1941-1995

 activist | poet | professor | writer 

Natalie Scenters-Zapico

author | fronteriza | poet

Andrew Siañez-
De La O

actor | author | playwright

Edgar Gabriel Silex

poet

Octavio Solis

Playwright

Francisco X. Stork

author

Raúl The Third

artist | author | illustrator

Sergio Troncoso

author | essayist

Christiane Williams-Vigil

writer

Words on a Wire

podcast |
hosted by Daniel Chacón &
Tim Z. Hernandez

Richard Yañez

advocate | educator | organizer | writer