Arte Público Press

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Arte Público Press, in Houston, Texas, is the largest US publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by US Hispanic authors. It publishes approximately 30 titles per year.

Arte Público Press was founded in 1979 by its current director, Nicolás Kanellos, Ph.D. Dr. Kanellos also founded and edited the Revista Chicana-Riqueña from 1972 to 1999. In 1980, Arte Público Press became a part of the University of Houston, where it is housed today.

In 1992, Arte Público Press launched the Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage project in order to recover, index and publish lost Latino writings dating from the American colonial period to 1960. In 1994, they created Piñata Books, their children's and young adult literature imprint.

Arte Público Press has published Victor Villaseñor, Nicholasa Mohr, Luis Valdez, Miguel Piñero, Sandra Cisneros, Julia Alvarez, Helena Maria Viramontes, Miguel Algarin, Graciela Limon, Gwendolyn Zepeda, and José Angel Gutiérrez.

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• Arte Público Press

• Lamberto and Beto Alvarez Illustrated Book "Muffler Man"
• Roll Over, Big Toben Written by Victor M. Sandoval Cover and Design Lamberto Alvarez