The Acentos Review May 2012
 
Bio Daniel Enrique Pérez was born in Texas and raised in Phoenix. He descends from a long line of farm workers. He holds a Ph.D. in Chicana/o literature with a subfield in creative writing from Arizona State University. Currently an associate professor of Chicana/o and Latina/o Studies at the University of Nevada in Reno, his research and writing centers on the intersections of gender, ethnicity, and sexuality. He is the author of Rethinking Chicana/o and Latina/o Popular Culture (Palgrave Macmillan, 2009) and editor of Heritage on Stage: A Teatro Bravo Anthology (Lion and Seagoat, Forthcoming 2012). His poetry has appeared in Abya Yala, Ahora, Confluencia, and other venues.
1 Poem Freeing the Latin Lover The Latin Lover is not Latin or a lover but a man who has been consumed by the masses for more than a century. He is tired tired of this tired role he has played for far too long. Don Juan doesn’t want any more women falling at his feet no more baring his chest no more fake accents or mustachioed lips. Instead he wants to live and love as everyone else does just plain living simple loving no lights no sound no disguises.