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Francisco X. AlarcónLecturer Email: fjalarcon@ucdavis.edu |
Research Areas
His main areas of research are teaching Spanish to Native Speakers, Chicano
literature and culture, and the Mexican narrative. He coordinates the
Spanish for Native Speakers' Program and is also a member of the Board
of Directors of La Raza/Galería Posada in Sacramento.
Recent Publications
Author of nine volumes of poetry, including Body in Flames/Cuerpo en llamas
(1990), De Aztec oscuro/Of Dark Love (1991) and Snake Poems: An Aztec
Invocation (1992). He has published two textbooks for teaching Spanish
at the college and high school levels: Mundo 21 and Pasaporte al Mundo
21 (D.C. Heath).
Honors and Awards
He is the recipient of numerous literary awards, including the 1993 American
Book Award, the 1993 Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Award and the 1994 Chicano
Literary Prize.


