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Denise Chávez [1]

Listed as: 
Fiction Writer
Public address: 
Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico US
Email: 
comezon09@comcast.net
Bio: 

I am a performance writer, novelist and teacher who lives and works on the U.S./México border corridor in southern New Mexico. I am the Director/Bookseller at Casa Camino Real, a bookstore and gallery on the historic Camino Real in Las Cruces, New Mexico. We sell books on Abebooks, www.abebooks.com [2] I believe in the power of writing to heal lives and heal the many borders between people, real and imagined.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
Spanish
Born in: 
Las Cruces
Raised in: 
Las Cruces, NM
New Mexico
Prizes won: 

Hispanic Heritage Award The American Book Award Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Fellowship Writers of the Pass New Mexico Governor's Award in Literature Honorary Doctorate from the University of NM

What I'm reading now: 
Heaven and Hell by Aldous Huxley
Identifies as: 
Latino/Latina/Latinx
Prefers to work with: 
Any
Source URL:https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/denise_chavez

Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/denise_chavez [2] http://www.abebooks.com