Julian S. Garcia has been involved in

Chicano literature Mexican American literature is literature written by Mexican Americans in the United States. Although its origins can be traced back to the sixteenth century, the bulk of Mexican American literature dates from post-1848 and the United States annex ...

since the late 1970s when the San Antonio arts and politics journal ''Caracol'' had its offices on West Commerce Street in San Antonio, Texas. In 1985, Garcia became one of ''Caracol'' associate editors. He was also an Associate editor of ''ViAztlan'', an international journal of ideas and philosophy. A deconstructionist with a penchant for Aristotelian logic and a mentor to

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writers, Garcia has a written articles and editorials under a nom-de-plume.

Early life and education

Garcia graduated from

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in San Antonio with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Bilingual Education. He earned a master's degree in Bicultural-Bilingual Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1977. He then studied English literature at

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Career

Garcia is best known for his short stories in Caracol (which ran from 1974-1979), ViAztlan, and Saguaro. As a short story writer and essayist, Garcia won the Caracol Fiction Prize, in 1979, with the publication of ''Las Manos'' (June 23, 1979). In 1984, the article, ''Writing through Suffering'' won another prize in ''ViAztlan'' Vol. 2, No. 7 (April, 1984). In 1985, the publication of his essay, ''The New Age of Chicano Music'' was included in a special edition of ''ViAztlan'', No. 3., No. 2. His story, ''Don Cheno's Icehouse'' subsequently appeared in ''ViAztlan'' (March, 1985). Poet Alurista published Garcia's ''The Harvest'' in the 1986 edition of ''Southwest Tales: A Contemporary Collection'' (Colorado State: Maize Press). In 1986 the University of Arizona published his story, ''El Viaje'' in its biannual journal, ''Saguaro''. After a ten-year hiatus, Garcia got back into fiction and published ''La Fantastica Curandera'' in ''Puentes'' (Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, ed. Jesus Rosales).

References

Other Publications

*Rosales, Jesus. ''Puentes: Revista Mexico-Chicana de Literatura'', cultural y arte. No.4., Otono, 2006. *Paz, Edward. J. "Julian S. Garcia", ''Dictionario de Escritores Chicanos'', DF: Mexico. 2010. * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Garcia, Julian S. Writers from San Antonio Living people University of Texas at San Antonio alumni Texas State University alumni Our Lady of the Lake University alumni Tejano writers Year of birth missing (living people)