Sunday, March 25, 2023
11:00 AM
Gallery 4 (Art of the Americas)
Born in the bicultural/bilingual setting of El Paso, Texas/Juárez, Chihuahua, attended the University of Texas El Paso, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, & the University of Oregon. Professor Emeritus of Creative Writing & Literature, taught at the University of Oregon, Western State College of Colorado, Central Washington State University, the University of Texas El Paso, and Laney College, Oakland where he founded the Mexican and Latin American Studies Dept.
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(al modo nahua)
Acatl, caña, carrizo
se dobla en el viento
pero no se quiebra.
Es vara de autoridad,
de justicia.
Que sea flexible la vara
y la justicia se arraigue
en la compasión.
© Rafael Jesús González 2023