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| Name: |
Gary Soto | | Birth Date: |
April 12, 1952 | | Place of Birth: |
Fresno, California, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Ethnicity: |
Hispanic American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
Writer, Educator |
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 Biography of Gary Soto
4,199 words, approx. 14 pages
 The son of American-born parents of Mexican background, Gary Soto was born on 12 April 1952 in Fresno, California. His father, also born in Fresno, was killed in an accident at work at the age of twenty-seven, when Soto was only five years old. Soto's... summary from source:
 Biography of Gary Soto
4,186 words, approx. 14 pages
Gary Soto is at heart a poet; everything he writes is overflowing with the vivid details of everyday life. Soto takes joy in the little things--remembered smells, voices in the distance, the pull of muscle when working. Growing up in a working class... 
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Gary Soto Information
529 words, approx. 2 pages
 Gary Soto (born April 1952) is an American author and poet. Soto was born and raised in Fresno, California, to working-class Mexican-American parents. He had an older brother named Rick, and a younger sister named Debra. Soto lived in Fresno where he...
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 World Literature Today Gary Soto. One Kind of Faith.(Book Review)
09/01/2004: 421 words, approx. 1 pages Gary Soto. One Kind of Faith. San Francisco. Chronicle Books. 2003.67 pages. $14.95. ISBN 0-8118-4117-0 THE THREE-PART VOLUME One Kind of Faith is characteristically Gary Soto in its first and third parts. Part one includes poems averaging a page in length with hallmark... summary from source:
University Wire Gary Soto keynote speaker for U. New Mexico's Southwest Symposium
04/03/2000: 665 words, approx. 2 pages University Wire 04-03-2000 (Daily Lobo) (U-WIRE) ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Award-winning Chicano author Gary Soto, the keynote speaker at the 11th Annual Southwest Symposium sponsored by the University of New Mexico English Department, spoke about the inspiration of his writing to a small group at...
Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Michael Tomasek Manson
7,770 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following essay, Manson contends that Soto's poetry should be considered outside of the American poetic tradition, contrasting his work with that of Robert Hass and Robert Frost.
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Critical Essay by Gary Soto
5,001 words, approx. 17 pages
In the following essay, Soto reminisces about childhood events later utilized in his verse.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 86%Gary Soto: A Career in Excellence
1,706 words, approx. 6 pages
Gary Soto, currently one of the most prominent Latino writers in America, has had a major impact on the literature of today. An examination of Soto's career and life in depth reveals his pride in his Mexican-American heritage and his strong love of writing.
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