Arte Público Press

Arte Público Press The oldest and largest publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by US Latinx authors. Hispanic Literary Heritage project in 1992. Hispanic culture.

Arte Público Press, the oldest and most accomplished publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by U.S. Hispanic authors, and its imprint, Piñata Books, has become the country’s leading showcase for Hispanic literary creativity, arts and culture. In the early 1970s, it became obvious to Nicolás Kanellos, Ph.D., founder and director of Arte Público Press and the Brown Foundation Chair of Sp

anish at the University of Houston, that Hispanic writers were not being published by the mainstream presses. To provide an outlet for the creative efforts of Latino writers, Kanellos founded the Revista Chicana-Riqueña, in Gary, Indiana in 1972. This quarterly magazine for Latino literature, art and thought eventually evolved into The Americas Review. The magazine won praise and recognition nationwide, including the 1986 and 1987 Citations of Achievement from the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines. Building on the literary magazine's success, Kanellos founded Arte Público Press in 1979 to further the endeavor of providing a national forum for Hispanic literature. The following year, Kanellos was offered a position at the University of Houston, and he was invited to bring the press with him. As part of the ever-expanding efforts to bring Hispanic literature to mainstream audiences, Arte Público Press launched the Recovering the U.S. The Recovery project represents the first nationally coordinated attempt to recover, index and publish lost Latino writings that date from the American colonial period through 1960. The notion of an imprint dedicated to the publication of literature for children and young adults was planted by an urgent public demand for books that accurately portray U.S. In 1994, a grant from the Mellon Foundation allowed Arte Público Press to transform the dream into a reality. With its bilingual books for children and its entertaining novels for young adults, Piñata Books has made giant strides toward filling the void in the literary market created by an increased awareness of diverse cultures. Arte Público Press has expanded into producing much-needed documentation of the Hispanic Civil Rights Movement through the creation of the Hispanic Civil Rights Series. The series seeks to address the continuing, appalling lack of information accessible to students and the general public. Highlighted in the series are the topics of women’s activism, immigration reform, educational equity, the participation of citizens in a democratic society, civic culture and racial/cultural relations. With thirty titles published each year, Arte Público Press is David to New York publishing industry Goliaths. However, because of its cultural sensitivity to its writers and the experiences they write about, along with a vision for the role of Hispanic literature in the United States, Arte Público Press has demonstrated that size (or lack of it) is not proportionately related to success in the commercial book market.

10/03/2025
Tune in to this latest episode of the Vanguardia America   to hear Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura and authors Jovi de la Jar...
09/30/2025

Tune in to this latest episode of the Vanguardia America to hear Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura and authors Jovi de la Jara and Daniel Chacon discuss a range of topics including , geckos, and the value and complexities of in !

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Jovi de la Jara presented his    , ¿QUÉ ES UN POEMA? / WHAT IS A POEM? during the Office of Commissioner Lesley Briones,...
09/30/2025

Jovi de la Jara presented his , ¿QUÉ ES UN POEMA? / WHAT IS A POEM? during the Office of Commissioner Lesley Briones, Precinct 4's on Saturday! Thank you to HCP4 for inviting us to be part of this year's event!

09/30/2025

Recovery scholar and Arte Público Press author, Cynthia Orozco is named LULAC National Historian:

LULAC NAMES DR. CYNTHIA E. OROZCO AS NATIONAL HISTORIAN

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), the nation's oldest and largest Latino civil rights organization, proudly announces the appointment of Dr. Cynthia E. Orozco as its National Historian. Widely recognized as the foremost authority on LULAC's founding, growth, and influence, Dr. Orozco brings an unparalleled depth of scholarship and devotion to documenting the struggles and triumphs of Latinos in the United States.

"Dr. Orozco's appointment as National Historian ensures that our nearly 100-year legacy will not only be preserved but elevated to the place it deserves in American history," says Roman Palomares, LULAC national president and chairman of the board. "Her body of work reflects the passion, rigor, and vision we need to inspire future generations of Latinos and all Americans," he added.

Dr. Orozco, Professor Emeritus of History and Humanities at Eastern New Mexico University–Ruidoso, is a nationally respected scholar, author, and lecturer whose works have reshaped the understanding of Mexican American, Chicano, and Latino history. Her landmark publications include No Mexicans, Women, or Dogs Allowed: The Rise of the Mexican American Civil Rights Movement (UT Press), one of the press's best-selling academic books of the past decade, and Agent of Change: Adela Sloss-Vento, Mexican American Civil Rights Activist and Texas Feminist, which earned the Texas State Historical Association's Best Book in Texas Women's History Award in 2020.

Her latest book, Pioneer of Mexican American Civil Rights: Alonso S. Perales, profiles the principal founder of LULAC.

"This appointment confirms what I have known since 1978, and that is that I would do my part to empower our community through history," says Orozco. "The LULAC story is full of struggles and achievements, yet our history is unknown. Our history is our strength," she stated.

Among her numerous honors are the National Association for Chicana and Chicano Studies Scholar (2023), the National LULAC Education Raymond Telles Award (2023), and her elections to the Executive Board of the Organization of American Historians and the Alliance for Texas History. She is also a Ford Foundation Postdoctoral and Dissertation Fellow and a Fellow of the Texas State Historical Association.

Through her lifelong commitment to research and teaching, Dr. Orozco has given voice to the milestones, sacrifices, and victories that shaped Latino civil rights in the United States and Puerto Rico. In her new role, she will continue to illuminate the movement's history, safeguarding its lessons and values for millions who may not yet know their lineage or the events that paved the way to today's progress.

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The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs has honored Xavier Garza's latest   adventure as a 2025 Américas Book ...
09/26/2025

The Consortium of Latin American Studies Programs has honored Xavier Garza's latest adventure as a 2025 Américas Book Award Commended Title! Join us in congratulating the author, and learn more about the book and the series on our website: https://bit.ly/VincentVentura6

We are very excited that our director, Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura, is in Austin today to attend the Latino Leaders Netwo...
09/25/2025

We are very excited that our director, Dr. Gabriela Baeza Ventura, is in Austin today to attend the Latino Leaders Network's 75th annual Latino Leaders Luncheon Series honoring award-winning journalist John Quinones and Texas State Senator Carol Alvarado! All attendees will receive the first volume of LATINO LEADERS SPEAK, edited by Mickey Ibarra and María Pérez-Brown. The second volume of this groundbreaking anthology will be available in November: https://bit.ly/LLSvol2

Arte Público Press’ Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage (“Recovery”), founded in 1992, is a national and intern...
09/24/2025

Arte Público Press’ Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage (“Recovery”), founded in 1992, is a national and international program dedicated to locating, preserving, and making available the written legacy of Latinas/os in the United States from colonial times through 1980. Based at the University of Houston, this non-profit program has compiled a comprehensive bibliography of books, pamphlets, manuscripts, and ephemera. Its holdings include thousands of original books, manuscripts and archival items; a collection of approximately 1,500 historical newspapers; hundreds of thousands of microfilmed and digitized items; a vast collection of photographs; an extensive authority list; and personal papers. The program has also published or reprinted more than 40 historical books, two anthologies, and ten volumes of research articles. It organizes a biennial international conference and includes thousands of affiliated scholars, librarians, archivists, and community members. Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage is the premier center for research on Latino documentary history in the United States.

Learn more at: https://artepublicopress.com/recovery-program/

Come out on Saturday to see us during Harris County's Office of Commissioner Lesley Briones, Precinct 4's   festival and...
09/24/2025

Come out on Saturday to see us during Harris County's Office of Commissioner Lesley Briones, Precinct 4's festival and to enjoy a of ¿QUÉ ES UN POEMA? / WHAT IS A POEM? with Jovi de la Jara!

09/22/2025
Don't miss this     event with Julio Molinete and his new book, EL EMPACHO DE ISABEL / ISABEL'S TUMMY ACHE, hosted by Ma...
09/17/2025

Don't miss this event with Julio Molinete and his new book, EL EMPACHO DE ISABEL / ISABEL'S TUMMY ACHE, hosted by MakeMake!
📅 Wednesday, September 24
⏰ 5:00 p.m. CST
📍 Virtual Event
🔗 Sign up to tune in: https://makemake.com.co/eventos/formularios/45

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