Interview With ​Tony Diaz

Tony Diaz is a writer, activist and professor. He was the first Chicano to earn a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Houston Creative Writing Program. He is also a political analyst with his own radio show, and his work has been published by multiple national media outlets. He is the founder of Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, which encourages cultural change within Latinx communities. In this interview, Tony talks about the Librotraficante "Book Trafficking" movement, the activism he is part of, his literary work and much more.

Interview ​by
Héctor Rendón
​8/12/2021

Héctor "Vale" Rendón (Mazatlán, México) is a publisher, writer, academic, and journalist. He currently works as Assistant Professor at the Newhouse School in Syracuse University. He has written three novels and has lived in five different countries. As a journalist, he has worked for more than a decade as editor, foreign correspondent, TV reporter, multimedia reporter, and editor-in-chief for several media outlets. His main areas of academic study are focused on media narratives about minorities in different social contexts. Throughout his life he has received several awards and grants that support both his academic and creative work.

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