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Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Independent Student Newspaper for the University of Texas at San Antonio

The Paisano

Poet Laureate fired over use of racial slur in poem

Poet Laureate fired over use of racial slur in poem

Juan Manuel Rocha Gómez, Contributor September 5, 2023

After four months as San Antonio’s poet laureate (2023-2026), Chicano writer Nephtalí De León has been fired after publishing a poem that contained a Spanish word considered a derogatory term for Black...

Quintanilla recites a piece to a captivated audience.

Speaking words of wisdom

Julia Maenius April 10, 2019

Octavio Quintanilla, professor at Our Lady of the Lake University and the first male poet laureate of San Antonio, held a poetry reading and visual showcase on April 4. Quintanilla put his new visual poetry...

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