both a Buddhist and a Roman Catholic. He admires Catholicism for its rituals, and Buddhism for its meditative practices. He says that he also engages in Native American practices, and is "connected to [his] Father Sun and Mother Earth and [his] brothers and sisters, trees and ants and what not.. [he's] able to do things that show [him] that everything is connected, man." Rewards Received Alurista has received numerous rewards and has made his mark in the Chicano community. He has read his poetry all over the world, from Mexico, to the United States, to Europe. He was also producer and subject of the video, "Torn in Two", which featured four Chicano poets. The video aired in 1984 and won an Emmy. Alurista's work is being collected in the "Mexican American Archives at the Benson Collection: A Guide for Users", University of Texas, Austin. He is a professor and scholar, having obtained his Ph.D. in Spanish and Latin American literature, he was awarded the Jr. MacArthur Chair in Spanish by Colorado College in 1984 for his teaching excellence. He is the cofounder of multiple academic and community organizations, such as Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan at San Diego State, Concilio for la Justicia, Centro Cultural de la Raza, and the Department of Chicano Studies at San Diego State University. His papers are held at University of Texas, Austin and at California Ethnic and Multicultural Archives. Bibliography Nationchild plumaroja, 1969-1972. San Diego: Toltecas en Aztlan, Centro Cultural de la Raza, 1972. Cantares arrullos. Jamaica, New York: Bilingual Press, 1975. Festival de flor y Canto: an anthology of Chicano literature (editor). Los Angeles: University of Southern California Press, 1976. Timespace huracan : poems, 1972-1975. Albuquerque, N.M. : Pajarito Publications, 1976. Spik in Glyph?. Houston, Texas: Arte Público Press, 1981. Return: Poems Collected and New. Ypsilanti, Michigan: Bilingual Press, 1982. Chicanos : the second largest minority in the USA (with R. Müller-Kind). Werther: Views Verlag, 1988. Z Eros. Tempe, Arizona: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, 1995. . Et Tu... Raza?. Tempe, Arizona: Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe, 1996. . As our barrio turns: who the yoke b on?. San Diego: Calaca Press, 2000. . Tunaluna. San Antonio, TX: Aztlan Libre Press, 2010. . ZAZ San Jose, CA: FlowerSong Press, 2020. . See also Latino poetry Chicano poetry American literature in Spanish Ana Castillo Sandra Cisneros Notes See also List of Mexican American writers References External links Alurista