Jimmy Santaiago Baca's life was no walk in the park to say the least. As a child, he was born in Santa Fe of Chicano and Apache descent. At age thirteen, his parents had already abandoned him which resulted in his escape from the orphanage where his grandmother had placed him and was convicted of dr...

The Life of Dylan Thomas One of the most successful and influential writers of the 20th century would have to be Dylan Thomas. Dylan Thomas was well known for his philosophical poetry, critical writings, and essays. He lived a very basic childhood and developed in to a great writer. Dylan Thom...

"I am a woman and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my writing power. They are the things that give it sabor, the things that give it picante."1 Sandra Cisneros was born on December 20, 1954 in Chicago, Illinois to her ...