use it as the framework for the book. Johnny Nitro, also a friend of Arturo's, played in SF Bay Area clubs, most notably The Saloon in North Beach. Works The Rain God (winner of the Border Regional Library Association's Southwest Book Award) Migrant Souls La Mollie and the King of Tears See also List of Mexican American writers Notes References Profile Dekker, George, Larry Friedlander, Diane Middlebrook and Nancy Packer. Memorial Resolution: Arturo Islas. Historical Society of Stanford University. 1991. External links Arturo Islas Papers, 1956-1991(call number M0618; 20.5 linear ft.) are housed in the Department of Special Collections and University Archives at Stanford University Libraries 1938 births 1991 deaths 20th-century American novelists American academics of Mexican descent American writers of Mexican descent Stanford University Department of English faculty Stanford University alumni People from El Paso, Texas American male novelists Hispanic and Latino American novelists American LGBT novelists 20th-century American male writers 20th-century LGBT people