Alfred Arteaga (1950–2008) is a renowned Chicanx poet and scholar whose work stretches across cultural and linguistic barriers. Among Arteaga's awards and honors are the Irvine Chi...view moreAlfred Arteaga (1950–2008) is a renowned Chicanx poet and scholar whose work stretches across cultural and linguistic barriers. Among Arteaga's awards and honors are the Irvine Chicano Literary Prize: Cenzontle, a Rockefeller Foundation fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in Creative Writing and Poetry, and a PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Writing Award. He was professor in the Department of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley.view less