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Dr. Ben Olguin has written refereed articles in journals, anthologies, editorial review publications, and more, as well as the co-translated Cantos de Adolescencia/Songs of Youth by Américo Paredes and My Weapon is My Pen: raúlrsalinas’ Selected Writings from the Jail Machine (1963-1974).  Dr. Olguin currently works with Writers in Communities and Wood Middle School.

Dr. Olguin’s most recent publication is La Pinta: Chicana/o Prisoner Literature, Culture, and Politics (University of Texas Press, 2010).  He has several projects under review including the poetry collection Red Leather Gloves, which won First Runner Up 2007 Kent State University Wick Poetry Center Manuscript Prize; Finalist, 2007 & 2008 Marsh Hawk Press Poetry Manuscript Prize; Finalist, 2008 May Swenson Poetry Manuscript Award; Semi-Finalist, 2008 Elixir Press Poetry Awards; Semi-Finalist, 2008 Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize, University of Notre Dame.

Dr. Ben Olguin received his B.A. with honors from the University of Houston, and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is an Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Texas at San Antonio.

For more information on Dr. Olguin’s publications, visit his University of Texas at San Antonio home page.