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Luz Schweig (she/ella) is the chief editor of the Somos Xicanas anthology, and a former staff member at Somos en escrito Literary Foundation. She ran an international women's poetry journal for ten years, through which she edited and produced five anthologies and a posthumous poetry collection. Luz worked as an editor and ghost writer in a variety of literary projects for 20 years and is the creator of the annual Best Raza Story Contest. She writes autobiographical poetry under a pen name and grew up in La Ciudad de México.
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LUZ SCHWEIG
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JENNY IRIZARY
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Jenny Irizary co-edited El Porvenir, ¡Ya!, Our Creative Realidades, and other books published by Somos en escrito, while working there in various capacities as a volunteer staff member for six years. Their/her work has been published in CERASUS, Squalorly, HInchas de Poesía, Communion, Snapping Twig, and other journals. Jenny has a B.A. in Ethnic Studies and M.A. in literature from Mills College.
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SCOTT RUSSELL DUNCAN
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Scott Russell Duncan, a Xicano writer, was editor on the first Chicano sci-fi anthology, El Porvenir, ¡Ya!, which was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Book Awards. He is the lead editor on Chicanofuturism Now!!, a raza futurology anthology. Scott is director of Palabras del Pueblo, a writing workshop for la raza. In 2016 his story “How My Hide Got Color” won San Francisco Litquake’s Short Story Contest, and in 2019, his nonfiction piece “Mexican American Psycho is in Your Dreams” won first place in the Solstice Literary Magazine Annual Literary Contest. Scott's new book, Old California Strikes Back, a magic memoir and meta-novel tour of California with the head of Joaquin Murrieta is forthcoming with FlowerSong Press. He is at work on a collection of short stories called Plurality.
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ARMANDO B. REND́ON
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Armando B. Rendón, born in 1939 in San Antonio, Texas, authored Chicano Manifesto (latest edition, Somos en escrito Press, 2021), the first book written by a Chicano about the Chicano Movement. In 2009, Rendón founded Somos en escrito Magazine and in 2016 established the Somos en escrito Literary Foundation, which operates the Magazine and Press. In 2019, his essay titled “Blueprint for the Next 50 Years,” led to the creation of MeXicanos 2070, a national organization dedicated to preserving and advancing Mexican American culture. Rendón is also the author of an award-winning four-part series for Young Adults titled The Adventures of Noldo and His Magical Scooter and a sequel, The Wizard of the Blue Hole. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area. Contact him at [email protected].
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