AUTHOR

LORNA DE CERVANTES (B. 1954)


 * LEORNA DE CERVANTES HAS BEEN WRITTING POETRY SINCE SHE WAS 8 YEARS OLD
 * SHE PUBLISHED HER OWN FIRST BOOK OF POETRY, //EMPLUMADA//, IN 1981
 * SHE ALSO ESTABLIOSHED THE LIRERARYMAGAZINE //MANGO// TO HELP OTHER HISPANIC AMERICAN WRITERS
 * DESPITE HER COMMITMENT TO THE CHICANO COMMUNITY, SHE WRITES IN ENGLISH TO GIVE HER WORK A GREATER POLITICAL REACH