tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post935829190072155772..comments2024-03-26T09:40:00.710-06:00Comments on La Bloga: Luis Omar Salinas: Casting a Giant ShadowContributing Bloguistas:http://www.blogger.com/profile/13054190814722049711noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-49151594182622667322009-02-22T11:13:00.000-07:002009-02-22T11:13:00.000-07:00An inscription to me dated 4/13/82from my friend O...An inscription to me dated 4/13/82from my friend Omar in Prelude To Darkness: "To a pretty woman who's going to Spain. Suerte. Omar" He is greatly missed & much mourned.<BR/>VGVictoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06731379181493675057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-29010075478626439062008-06-01T11:15:00.000-06:002008-06-01T11:15:00.000-06:00In the nascent days of Chicano lit, I co-edited an...In the nascent days of Chicano lit, I co-edited an early anthology <I>Los Poetas Chicanos.</I> <BR/><BR/>Among the poets represented was Luis Omar Salinas. He gave us permission to print his classic "Aztec Angel" poem and "In a Farmhouse" and "Pedro Infante." <BR/><BR/>I share with La Bloga readers what he wrote about himself in the contributor's page - back in 1975.<BR/><BR/><I>"LUIS OMAR SALINAS - born in Robstown, Texas. Taught creative writing at Fresno to develop young writers. Wrote "Crazy Gypsy" a book of poems. He is a serious poet, loves to write, Mexican to the core, once a copy boy and while not working, teaches and writes, lives in Sanger, California, thinks highly of Women's Lib, would like to travel to Cuba, France, and Spain, and doesn't think much of immortality and rarely goes to church!"</I><BR/><BR/>I long to see his work back in print so that we can all once again partake in the work of this <I>gran pionero de la poesía de nuestra gente.</I> <BR/><BR/>Small indie presses take note.<BR/><BR/><I>¡Gracias a la vida y que viva Luis Omar Salinas! </I><BR/><BR/>gbAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-24493188786562382962008-05-31T15:59:00.000-06:002008-05-31T15:59:00.000-06:00Luis Omar Salinas wrote that his,"grandfather died...Luis Omar Salinas wrote that his,"grandfather died in a dream going North." I would like to add, "But lives in our history, through the words of Luis, Singer of La Raza's Hearts.<BR/><BR/><BR/>NLFnorma landa floreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09108402534099552414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9367921.post-52609459950643164982008-05-30T09:19:00.000-06:002008-05-30T09:19:00.000-06:00Salinas brought us art and anthology. I enjoyed hi...Salinas brought us art and anthology. I enjoyed his crazy gypsy work, found Robstown haunting. His anthology with Lilian Faderman, "From the Barrio" should be in every collector's library. Ave atque vale, QEPD.<BR/><BR/>mvsmsedanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527530005391318421noreply@blogger.com