Alejandro Morales


Alejandro Morales is a professor of Chicano/Latino Studies at the University of California, Irvine. He is also a fiction writer and has published seven novels and three novellas.
Morales received the 2007 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature. The Award organizer said of Morales, "he is a true pioneer in Chicano literature and one of the most outstanding, powerful, and innovative writers on the Chicano experience."

Works

  1. Caras viejas y vino nuevo J. Mortiz, Mexico published in English as Old Faces and New Wine, Maize Press, San Diego
  2. La Verdad sin voz, published in English as Death of an Anglo.
  3. Reto in Paraiso, a mix of Spanish and English.
  4. The Brick People Arte Publico Press, Houston, Texas
  5. The Rag Doll Plagues
  6. Barrio on the Edge
  7. Waiting to Happen - the first volume of the Heteropia Trilogy
  8. Pequeña Nación - three short novels
  9. The Captain of All These Men of Death Bilingual Press, Tempe, AZ
  10. Little Nation and Other Stories. Trans. Adam Spires. Houston: Arte Público Press.
  11. River of Angels. Houston: Arte Público Press.