Arte Público Press

Arte Público Press, founded by Nicolás Kanellos, PhD, is the oldest and most accomplished publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by US Hispanic authors. Its imprint, Piñata Books, focuses on children's and young adult literature about US Hispanic culture. The press also runs the Recovery Program to locate, preserve, and disseminate Hispanic culture of the United States in written form.

Arte Público Press was founded by Nicolás Kanellos, PhD, who is a professor of Hispanic literature at the University of Houston. In the early 1970s, it became obvious that Hispanic writers were not being published by mainstream presses. To address this need, Kanellos founded the Revista Chicana-Riqueña in Gary, Indiana, in 1972. This quarterly magazine for Latino literature, art and thought eventually evolved into The Americas Review. Arte Público Press has become the oldest and most accomplished publisher of contemporary and recovered literature by US Hispanic authors. Its imprint, Piñata Books, was founded in 1994 and is dedicated to the publication of children's and young adult literature focusing on US Hispanic culture. The press also runs the Recovery Program, an international program to locate, preserve and disseminate Hispanic culture of the United States in its written form since colonial times until 1980.

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