David Bowles

David Bowles is a Mexican American writer and translator from South Texas, where he teaches at the University of Texas Río Grande Valley. Among his more than forty award-winning books are They Call Me Güero, My Two Border Towns, Ancient Night, and The Prince & the Coyote. In 2019, he co-founded the hashtag and activist movement #DignidadLiteraria, which successfully fought for greater Latinx representation in publishing. He presently serves as the president of the Texas Institute of Letters.