Salinas, Luis Omar

Luis Omar Salinas was an important American poet and one of the pioneers of Chicano poetry. Born in Robstown, Texas he spent most of his life in California, moving to Fresno in the late 1960s where he became a prominent member of the "Fresno School" of poets associated with Philip Levine and Peter Everwine. His first book, Crazy Gypsy, was published in 1970 to great acclaim, and in 1973 he co-edited From the Barrio: A Chicano Anthology with Lilian Faderman, Professor of English at Fresno State. Salinas published eight books of poetry, many chapbooks, and his poetry was widely anthologized. Sal...