The Selected Works of Daniel Chacón

Thank you for visiting my Selected Works page, where you will find the stories, essays, and books I have published since the Fall of 2000, the year I started at UTEP as an Assistant Professor of Creative Writing. I have also included readings and lectures I have done since my tenure at this university. I am mainly a writer of fiction and creative non-fiction. I give lectures on Chicano/a literature and art, Borges, Kafka, and the “Craft of Writing.” I am also currently teaching courses and writing about mysticism and physics as metaphors for artistic creation. Please feel free to contact me at 915-747-6255.

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• "13th Annual Hunger Benefit Reading," La Sociedad Para Las Artes, Rio Grande Theatre. Las Cruces, New Mexico. October 20.
• and the shadows took him
• Arte Público Press, University of Houston-Downtown Department of English, The Bayou Review. Houston, Texas. February 26.
• "Aztlán, Oregon."
• Barnes & Noble Reading. San Jose, California. May 10.
• Barnes & Noble. El Paso, Texas. May 3.
• Barnes & Noble. San Diego, California. May 12.
• Barnes & Noble. Santa Monica, California. May 13.
• Between Dixie and Aztlán
• Boat Sailing Over Juarez
• Book People. Austin, Texas. May 6.
• Borders. Mission Valley, California. May 15.
• Borders. Pico Rivera, California. May 11.
• Borders. San Antonio, Texas. May 4.
• Borders. San Jose, California. May 8.
• "Borges and Fictional Form." West Texas Writers Project. El Paso, Texas. June 21.
• "Borges and the Xican@"
• Butterflies
• Butterflies
• "Café Quetzalcoatl: Una Serie Mensual de Arte, Cultura, Música, y Poesía," Centro de Salud Familiar La Fe, Centro Cultural & Tecnológico. El Paso, Texas. September 16.
• California State University, Fresno. Fresno, California. May 7.
• California State University, Fresno. Fresno, California. November 16.
• California State University, Long Beach. Long Beach, California. November 13.
• California State University, Long Beach. Long Beach, California. November 13.
• "California Writers Series," Modesto Junior College, MJC Literature and Language Arts Division. Modesto, California. February 17.
• "Celebration of the Written Word and The Continuing Success of the Creative Writing Program," California State University, Fresno, The College of Arts and Humanities. Fresno, California. October 1.
• Chacón Squared. University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, Texas. April 11.
• "Chicano and the Macho: Identity Through Humor," Hispanic Performing Arts Series, Museum of Fine Arts. Houston, Texas. February 25.
• Chicano Chicanery
• "Chicano Chicanery"
• Cinco de Mayo Celebration, Fresno City College. Fresno, California. May 3.
• "Cinco de Mayo Celebration," Fresno City College. Fresno, California. May 3.
• City Heights Library. San Diego, California. May 14.
• City of San Diego Public Library. San Diego, California. May 14.
• Day of the Dead
• De Anza College. Cupertino, California. March 3.
• Drawing On Neruda
• Drawing on Neruda
• East Los Angeles Library. Los Angeles, California. May 11.
• Eastern Arizona College. Thatcher, Arizona. March 22.
• "Epiphany Reading: Intuitive Insights." Arts Festival Event. El Paso Community College. March 24.
• "Expanding the Latino Participation Beyond Student Recruitment," Northeast Region Conference, Texas Association of Chicanos in Higher Education. Arlington, Texas. March 31.
• "Expression of Our People"
• "Expression of Our People."
• "First MJC Reads Annual Series," Modesto Junior College, Literature and Languages Division. Modesto, California. February 17.
• "First Wednesday at 1 Reading Series," Reedley College. Reedley, California. October 4.
• Fixing Things
• Flores Branch Library. Houston, Texas. October 19.
• Fresno City College, Humanities Division, PUENTE Program, and Latino Faculty and Staff Association. Fresno, California. March 11.
• "Fresno: The Center of the Cosmos," Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Series, The College of Arts and Humanities Lecture Series, California State Uuniversity, Fresno. Fresno, California. October 24.
• "Godoy lever" (Translated into Swedish)
• "Godoy Lives"
• "Godoy Lives"
• Hispanic Heritage Celebration, Barnes & Noble, University of Texas at El Paso, Chicano Studies. September 29.
• Hispanic Heritage Month, Iowa State University, Hispanic Heritage Committee, Minority Student Affairs and Committee on Lectures. Ames, Iowa. September 21.
• Houston Latino Book and Family Festival. Houston, Texas. September 9.
• Introduction to the Poetry of Andrés Montoya
• John Boyd's Story
• Latino Book & Family Festival. San Diego, California. May 15.
• Latino Cultural Center Literary Series, Latino Cultural Center. Dallas, Texas. March 25.
• "Latino Writers Having Their Say," The African American and Hispanic Experience, Nuestra Palabra. Houston, Texas. February 28.
• Mean Looks
• Merced College. Merced, California. March 7.
• "National Hispanic Heritage Month Presentation," United States Department of the Interior. El Paso, Texas. October 27.
• National Library Week, Friends of the University Library, University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, Texas. April 5.
• Other Guys
• Panorama. Chicano Literature Events. University of California, Merced. March 7.
• Poets & Writers Series, Temple University. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. November 10.
• Poets & Writers Series, University of New Mexico. Albuquerque, New Mexico. February 12.
• Puente Program, Diablo Valley College. Pleasant Hill, California. March 9.
• River City Writers Series, Sacramento City College, Division of Languages & Literature. Sacramento, California. March 15.
• Sacramento State University. Sacramento, California. November 7.
• Second Annual Mexico/Texas Border Literary Conference, The Writing Project of Texas, The Texas Association for the Improvement of Reading, The Texas State Reading Association, The University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, Texas. January 16.
• Shouting and Salty Goods: Essays on Travel and the Art of Fiction
• Skagit Valley College. Mount Vernon, Washington. June 10.
• Smell the Night
• Story Detail Cataloguer
• "The Biggest City in the World"
• The Bookery. Socorro, TX. September 3.
• "The Craft of Writing." Cinco de Mayo Celebration 2007. Fresno City College. Fresno, CA. May 3.
• The Last Supper of Chicano Heros: The Selected Works of Jose Antonio Burciaga
• "The Recipe to Good Writing," Vilas Elementary. El Paso, Texas. January 17.
• The Rudo Revolutionary Front, The Bride Center for Contemporary Art. El Paso, Texas. February 17.
• "The Stravinsky Riots"
• "The Writer, the Library, and the Labyrinth.” New Mexico Library Association Conference. Las Cruces, NM. April 17.
• "To Share Our Strength Reading: To Benefit Casa de Peregrinos," New Mexico State University English Department, La Sociedad Para Las Artes. Las Cruces, New Mexico. November 9.
• "Too White"
• University of California, Riverside. Riverside, California. November 12.
• University of Miami, Department of English. Coral Gables, Florida. February 6.
• University of Texas at El Paso. El Paso, Texas. April 16.
• "Velocity of Mass"
• West Hills College. Firebaugh, California. March 5.
• "Writers in Performance," Montgomery College. Houston, Texas. October 18.
• “Godoy Lives”
• “Ugly Beautiful: How the Litmag Created by MFA Students Became the Voice of the Desert,” A review of Bordersenses