!We're back with another edition of The Blah Poetry Spot presents Words and Shit, this time brining you South Texas writer David Bowles! Join Chibbi and Eddie V as we talk about growing up TexMex, language and translation, navigating the publishing world, the importance of writing for young adults and so much more!
David Bowles is a Mexican-American poet, author and translator from south Texas, where he teaches at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley. He has written several titles, most notably the award-winning Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Maya Poetry; The Smoking Mirror; and They Call Me Güero. His work has also been published in multiple anthologies, plus venues such as School Library Journal, Bookbird, Knowledge Quest, Rattle, Translation Review, and the Journal of Children’s Literature. In 2017, David was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters.
