| Ella deCastro Baron |
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Ella deCastro Baron is a first generation Filipina American born in Oakland and raised in Vallejo, California. With a BA in English Literature from UC Berkeley, Ella moved to San Diego to earn a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing. She is a full-time wife and mother of two little ones, a part-time English and creative writing instructor at San Diego City College, and an ‘other’-times published writer in publications such as Fiction International, Sunshine Noir, and CityWorks Literary Journal. She hopes to continue being a witness to her ethnic upbringing, her faith, her interracial family, and how it may or may not fit together. Itchy, Brown Girl Seeks Employment is her first book. |
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| P. J. Sáinz |
P. J. Sáinz is a bilingual journalist and fiction writer in the San Diego-Tijuana border region. He writes for several publications, including The San Diego Union-Tribune and its Spanish-language weekly, Enlace, where he covers Latino arts and entertainment. His first young adult novel, “Mica chueca. Novela en cuentos para la plebada inmigrante” was published this summer by Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro, a publishing house for emerging Mexican writers. This Fall, the Centro Cultural Tijuana (Cecut) will publish his nonfiction collection on Mexican regional music, “Crónicas chúntaras. La música de la plebada.” In 2007, Calaca Press published his fiction chapbook, “Conjunto norteño. Relatos para la plebada.”
P. J. Sáinz es un periodista y narrador bilingüe en la región fronteriza de San Diego-Tijuana. Escribe para varios periódicos, incluyendo The San Diego Union-Tribune y su semanario en español, Enlace, donde cubre arte y entretenimiento latino. Su primera novela para jóvenes, “Mica chueca. Novela en cuentos para la plebada inmigrante”, fue publicada este verano por el Fondo Editorial Tierra Adentro, un programa cultural para jóvenes escritores mexicanos. Este otoño, el Centro Cultural Tijuana (Cecut) publicará su colección sobre música regional mexicana, “Crónicas chúntaras. La música de la plebada”. En el 2007, Calaca Press publicó su colección de cuentos, “Conjunto norteño. Relatos para la plebada”. Recientemente recibió una beca del programa Jóvenes Creadores del Fondo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, el equivalente mexicano al National Endowment for the Arts. |
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