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Julian S. Garcia has been involved in Chicano literature since the late '70s when the Chicano journal, Caracol, had its offices on W. Commerce St. in San Antonio, Texas. In 1985, Julian S. Garcia became one of its Associate Editors. He was also an Associate editor of ViAztlan, an international journal of ideas and philosophy. A deconstructionist with a penchant for Aristotelian logic and a mentor to many Tejano writers, Garcia has a written articles and editorials under a nom-de-plume for many years.

Biography

Best known for his witty short stories that populated the pages of Caracol, ViAztlan, and Saguaro, Garcia graduated from Our Lady of the Lake College in San Antonio, Texas with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Bilingual Education. He earned a Master's degree in Bicultural-Bilingual Studies from the University of Texas at San Antonio in 1977. He then studied English Literature at Southwest Texas State University.

As a short story writer and essayist, Garcia won the Caracol Fiction Prize, in 1979, with the publication of Las Manos (June 23, 1979). In 1984, the article, Writing through Suffering won another prize in ViAztlan Vol. 2, No. 7 (April, 1984). In 1985, the publication of his essay, The New Age of Chicano Music was included in a special edition of ViAztlan, No. 3., No. 2. His story, Don Cheno's Icehouse subsequently appeared in ViAztlan(March, 1985).

Poet Alurista published Garcia's The Harvest in the 1986 edition of Southwest Tales: A Contemporary Collection (Colorado State: Maize Press).^[1] In 1986 the University of Arizona published his story, El Viaje in its biannual journal, Saguaro.^[2]

After a ten-year hiatus, Garcia got back into fiction and published La Fantastica Curandera in Puentes (Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, ed. Jesus Rosales).

Sources

^ Alurista (1986-12). Southwest tales: a contemporary collection. Maize Press. ISBN 978-0-939558-09-4. Retrieved 22 November 2011. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
^ Center, University of Arizona. Mexican American Studies and Research (1984-01-01). Saguaro. Mexican American Studies and Research Center, University of Arizona. Retrieved 22 November 2011.

Rosales, Jesus. Puentes: Revista Mexico-Chicana de Literatura, cultural y arte. No.4., Otono, 2006.
Paz, Edward. J. "Julian S. Garcia", Dictionario de Escritores Chicanos, *DF: Mexico. 2010.
Garcia, Julian S. "Career Education." San Antonio Light, May 4, 1980.
Garcia, Julian S. "Pancho Claus: Cousin from the South Pole" San Antonio Express-News, December 11, 2011. 3K.
Garcia, Julian S. "Classics and Literary Heroes". San Antonio Express-News, December 20, 2011.
Julian S. Garcia, "VIAZTLAN: INTERNATIONAL CHICANO JOURNAL OF ARTS AND LETTERS," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/edv02), accessed June 22, 2012. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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[Alurista1986-1] Alurista (1986-12). Southwest tales: a contemporary collection. Maize Press. ISBN 978-0-939558-09-4. Retrieved 22 November 2011. {{cite book}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[Center1984-2] Center, University of Arizona. Mexican American Studies and Research (1984-01-01). Saguaro. Mexican American Studies and Research Center, University of Arizona. Retrieved 22 November 2011.

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 == Biography ==
-Best known for his witty short stories that populated the pages of Caracol, ViAztlan, and Saguaro, Julian S. Garcia was graduated from [[Our Lady of the Lake University|Our Lady of the Lake College]] in [[San Antonio, Texas]], with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Bilingual Education. He continued his education with a Master's degree in Bicultural-Bilingual Studies from the [[University of Texas at San Antonio]] in 1977. He then studied English Literature at [[Southwest Texas State University]]. His mentors include Jose E. Limon and the late Tomas Rivera.
+Best known for his witty short stories that populated the pages of Caracol, ViAztlan, and Saguaro, Garcia graduated from [[Our Lady of the Lake University|Our Lady of the Lake College]] in [[San Antonio, Texas]] with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology and Bilingual Education. He earned a Master's degree in Bicultural-Bilingual Studies from the [[University of Texas at San Antonio]] in 1977. He then studied English Literature at [[Southwest Texas State University]].
-As a short story writer and essayist, Julian S. Garcia won the Caracol Fiction Prize, in 1979, with the publication of ''Las Manos'' (June 23, 1979).  In 1984, the article, ''Writing through Suffering'' won another prize in ''ViAztlan'' Vol. 2, No. 7 (April, 1984).  In 1985, the publication of his essay, ''The New Age of Chicano Music'' was included in a special edition of ''ViAztlan'', No. 3., No. 2.  His story, ''Don Cheno's Icehouse'' subsequently appeared in ''ViAztlan''(March, 1985).
+As a short story writer and essayist, Garcia won the Caracol Fiction Prize, in 1979, with the publication of ''Las Manos'' (June 23, 1979).  In 1984, the article, ''Writing through Suffering'' won another prize in ''ViAztlan'' Vol. 2, No. 7 (April, 1984).  In 1985, the publication of his essay, ''The New Age of Chicano Music'' was included in a special edition of ''ViAztlan'', No. 3., No. 2.  His story, ''Don Cheno's Icehouse'' subsequently appeared in ''ViAztlan''(March, 1985).
-The critically acclaimed poet Alurista published Garcia's ''The Harvest'' in the 1986 edition of ''Southwest Tales: A Contemporary Collection'' (Colorado State: Maize Press).<ref name="Alurista1986">{{cite book|last=Alurista|first=|title=Southwest tales: a contemporary collection|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8NZlAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=22 November 2011|date=1986-12|publisher=Maize Press|isbn=978-0-939558-09-4}}</ref> In 1986 the University of Arizona published his story, ''El Viaje'' in its biannual journal, ''Saguaro''.<ref name="Center1984">{{cite book|last=Center|first=University of Arizona. Mexican American Studies and Research|title=Saguaro|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pH4fAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=22 November 2011|date=1984-01-01|publisher=Mexican American Studies and Research Center, University of Arizona}}</ref>
+Poet Alurista published Garcia's ''The Harvest'' in the 1986 edition of ''Southwest Tales: A Contemporary Collection'' (Colorado State: Maize Press).<ref name="Alurista1986">{{cite book|last=Alurista|first=|title=Southwest tales: a contemporary collection|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8NZlAAAAMAAJ|accessdate=22 November 2011|date=1986-12|publisher=Maize Press|isbn=978-0-939558-09-4}}</ref> In 1986 the University of Arizona published his story, ''El Viaje'' in its biannual journal, ''Saguaro''.<ref name="Center1984">{{cite book|last=Center|first=University of Arizona. Mexican American Studies and Research|title=Saguaro|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=pH4fAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=22 November 2011|date=1984-01-01|publisher=Mexican American Studies and Research Center, University of Arizona}}</ref>
-After a ten-year hiatus, Julian S. Garcia got back into fiction and published ''La Fantastica Curandera'' in ''Puentes'' (Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, ed. Jesus Rosales). His current projects include ''With Open Eyes'' and ''Tejas Love: A Chicano romance novel''.
+After a ten-year hiatus, Garcia got back into fiction and published ''La Fantastica Curandera'' in ''Puentes'' (Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi, ed. Jesus Rosales).
-He has finished a collection of thirty-three stories,''Harvest Moon''. His children's literature project is entitled, ''Pepito, Lucy, and El Perico''.
 == Sources ==