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Arte Público Press
Jasminne Mendez reading her poetry at a meeting, February 20, 2020
Parent companyUniversity of Houston
Founded1979
FounderNicolás Kanellos
Country of originUnited States
Headquarters locationHouston
Publication typesBooks
ImprintsPiñata
Official websitewww.artepublicopress.com

Arte Público Press is a publishing house associated with the University of Houston (Houston, Texas). It is the largest US publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by Hispanic-American authors, publishing approximately 30 titles per year.

History

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Arte Público was founded in 1979 by its current director, Nicolás Kanellos, who taught Hispanic literature at Indiana University Northwest during the Chicano Movement. Already having established himself as co-founder and editor of Revista Chicana-Riqueña since 1973, he was motivated by communal concern regarding publishing accessibility. In 1980, he accepted a position at the University of Houston, which integrated Arte Público.[1]

In 1990, Arte Público 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. By 1991, the press published approximately 25 books annually, with about 40% of their material being used as textbooks.[2] In 1994, they created Piñata Books, their children's and young adult literature imprint. By 1997, it published 20 books.[3]

Arte Público Press was honored with the 2018 Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award given by the National Book Critics Circle Award for their work in publishing Latino authors.[4]

The press is a member of the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP).[5]

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage

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In 1990 an initial meeting was held to establish Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage, also known as The Recovery Project. This project seeks to recover and expand access to manuscripts and printed materials created by Hispanics in the United States from colonial times to 1960. The Rockefeller Foundation funded the initial meeting and the first decade of operation, along with numerous other foundations including Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Houston Endowment Inc., and the Ford Foundation. Over 18,000 pamphlets and books written by Hispanics have been located. 1,000 books have been digitized, and over 500,000 literary items have been digitized from 1,700 periodicals.[6]

Notable publications

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  • The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
  • Zoot Suit and Other Plays by Luis Valdez
  • Rain of Gold by Victor Villaseñor
  • Chants by Pat Mora
  • y no se lo tragó la tierra (And the Earth Did Not Devour Him) by Tomás Rivera[7]
  • Chavoya, C. Ondine (2006). Women Boxers: The New Warriors. Delilah Montoya (photography), María Teresa Márquez (contributor). Arte Público Press, University of Houston. ISBN 9781611923360.

Notable authors

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Kever, Jeannie (March 4, 1999). "Hispanic literature has a home". Santa Cruz Sentinel. Santa Cruz, California. p. D4.
  2. ^ McLellan, Dennis (December 27, 1991). "Latinos Have a Story to Tell". Los Angeles Times. p. E3. ISSN 0458-3035.
  3. ^ Gándara, Ricardo (February 7, 1997). "Books for Children/Libros Para Niños: Sales are Climbing as Families Reap Bilingual Benefits". Austin-American Statesman. pp. F1, F8. ISSN 1553-8451.
  4. ^ Rigoberto González (March 14, 2019). "National Book Critics Circle recognizes Arte Público Press as literary force". NBC News. Retrieved March 15, 2019.
  5. ^ "Arte Público Press". Community of Literary Magazines and Presses. Retrieved February 28, 2023.
  6. ^ Kanellos, Nicolas (2008). The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Latino Literature. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press. pp. 974. ISBN 978-0-313-33973-8.
  7. ^ "Arte Público Press Turns The Page On 35 Years". ssl.uh.edu. Retrieved April 30, 2019.
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