Francisco X. Alarcón

Chicano poet and educator, is author of twelve volumes of poetry, including, Ce•Uno•One: Poems for the New Sun (Swan Scythe Press 2010), From the Other Side of Night: Selected and New Poems (University of Arizona Press 2002), and Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation (Chronicle Books 1992). His bilingual book for children, Animal Poems of the Iguazú (Children’s Book Press 2008), was selected as a Notable Book for a Global Society by the International Reading Association. He teaches at the UC Davis.  He is the creator of the Facebook page “Poets Responding to SB 1070.”