David Bowles (author)

David Bowles
Bowles at the 2018 Texas Book Festival
Born	David Oscar Bowles, Jr. (1970-02-27)February 27, 1970 Upper Marlboro, Maryland, United States
Occupation	Poet, novelist, translator
Notable works	The Smoking Mirror They Call Me Güero
Notable awards	Pura Belpré Author Honor; Texas Institute of Letters Translation Award; Walter Dean Myers Honor; Claudia Lewis Award for Excellence in Poetry; Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award
Website
www.davidbowles.us

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David Bowles (born 1970) is an American poet, translator, author, and activist.

Life and career

David Bowles is a writer and translator from the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas. Much of Bowles' work stems from his research into border legends and pre-Columbian Mesoamerica.

Bowles has translated multiple books, poems and stories from several languages. He is also a widely published poet.

Bowles mainly writes speculative fiction for young people featuring Latino protagonists and Mesoamerican mythology. His speculative fiction work includes graphic novels.

Bowles is an associate professor in the Department of Literatures & Cultural Studies at the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

In January 2020, Bowles co-founded the hashtag / literary activist campaign #DignidadLiteraria and is an advocate of the term "Latinx," as seen in his Medium article "Latinx Primer for non-Latinx Folks."

Awards and honors

• Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Mayan Poetry: awarded the Texas Institute of Letters' 2014 Soeurette Diehl Fraser Award for Best Translation.
• TOP SHELF Book Review Column: received a 2014 Texas Associated Press Managing Editors' Headliners Excellence in Journalism Award for Comment and Criticism.
• The Smoking Mirror was selected as a Pura Belpré Honor Book in 2016 by the American Library Association.
• Inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters in 2017.
• They Call Me Güero has received multiple accolades:
  • Selected Best Book of 2018 by the School Library Journal
  • Selected a 2019 Notable Verse Novel by the NCTE Award for Excellence in Children’s Poetry Committee
  • Named one of the 2018 Best Children's & Teen Books of the Year by Shelf Awareness.
  • 2019 Honor Book for the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children's Literature in the Younger Reader category.
  • 2019 Pura Belpré Honor Book
  • 2019 Claudia Lewis Award for Excellence in Poetry
  • Association for Library Service to Children Notable Children's Book, 2019
  • 2019 Tomás Rivera Mexican American Children’s Book Award
  • 2018 Jean Flynn Award for Best Middle Grade Book from the Texas Institute of Letters
  • Selected for the 2020-2021 Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List by the Texas Library Association
  • Selected as a 2020-2021 nominee for the South Carolina Children's Book Award by the South Carolina Association of School Librarians.
  • Selected as a 2020-2021 nominee for the North Carolina Young Adult Book Award (Middle School category) by the North Carolina School Library Media Association.
  • The International Youth Library Foundation named it a White Raven, a recommended title for international children’s and youth literature.
  • Selected as a finalist for the International Latino Book Awards in the category of Best Children's & Youth Poetry Book.
  • 2019 Américas Award, Commended Title
• Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky received the Texas Institute of Letters Award for Best Young Adult Book. It was also selected a Best YA Book of 2018 by Kirkus Reviews and was a YALSA Award Nominee for Excellence in Nonfiction.
• Rise of the Halfling King was selected a Best Middle-Grade Graphic Novel of 2020 by Kirkus Reviews.

Works

AS AUTHOR

Novels

• The Chupacabras of the Rio Grande (The Unicorn Rescue Society, #4). Co-authored by Adam Gidwitz. Illustrated by Hatem Aly. New York: Dutton Penguin, 2019.
• Lords of the Earth. Hobart, Australia: Severed Press, 2016.
• Garza Twins Series
  • The Smoking Mirror (#1). Melbourne: IFWG Publishing, 2015.
  • A Kingdom Beneath the Waves (#2). Melbourne: IFWG Publishing, 2016.
  • The Hidden City. (#3). Melbourne: IFWG Publishing, 2018.

Picture Books

• My Two Border Towns. New York, NY: Kokila, 2021. (Forthcoming)

Story Collections

• Chupacabra Vengeance. Tigard, Oregon: Broken River Books, 2017.
• The Seed: Stories from the River's Edge. Spring, TX: Absey & Co., 2011.

Graphic Novels

• Tales of the Feathered Serpent series
  • Rise of the Halfling King. Illustrated by Charlene Bowles. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 2020.
• Clockwork Curandera series
  • Vol. 1—The Witch Owl Parliament. Illustrated by Raúl the Third. New York, NY: Tu Books, 2020.

Chapter Books

• 13th Street series
  • Battle of the Bad-Breath Bats (#1). New York, NY: HarperChapters, 2020.
  • The Fire-Breathing Ferret Fiasco (#2). New York, NY: HarperChapters, 2020.
  • Clash of the Cackling Cougars (#3). New York, NY: HarperChapters, 2020.
  • The Shocking Shark Showdown (#4). New York, NY: HarperChapters, 2020.

Myth and Legend

• Feathered Serpent, Dark Heart of Sky: Myths of Mexico. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 2018.
• Ghosts of the Rio Grande Valley. Charleston: The History Press, 2016.
• Border Lore: Folktales and Legends of South Texas. Beaumont, TX: Lamar University Press, 2015.
• Creature Feature: 13 Frightening Folktales of the Rio Grande Valley. McAllen, TX: AIM Media Texas, 2013.
• Mexican Bestiary. Donna, TX: VAO Publishing, 2012.

Poetry

• They Call Me Güero: A Border Kid's Poems. El Paso, TX: Cinco Puntos Press, 2018.
• Shattering and Bricolage. Dallas, TX: Ink Brush Press, 2014.

AS TRANSLATOR

• The Immortal Boy. Translation of No comas renacuajos by Francisco Montaña Ibáñez. New York, NY: Levine Querido. 2021 (Forthcoming).
• The Sea-Ringed World: Sacred Stories of the Americas. Translation of Diccionario de mitos de América by María García Esperón. New York, NY: Levine Querido. 2021 (Forthcoming).
• Me dicen Güero: Poemas de un chavo fronterizo. Translation of They Call Me Güero. New York, NY: Vintage Español. 2020 (Forthcoming).
• Snake Poems: An Aztec Invocation. Special Edition for Camino Del Sol Series. Nahuatl translation of the original text by Francisco X. Alarcón. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. March 12, 2019.
• El verano de las mariposas. Translation of Summer of the Mariposas by Guadalupe García McCall. New York, NY: Tu Books, 2018.
• Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Mayan Poetry. Beaumont, TX: Lamar University Press, 2013.

References

• Rice, Laura (October 16, 2020). "These New Books Are Like 'A Latinx Stranger Things' For Kids. And They're Set In South Texas". Texas Standard. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
• Del Barco, Mandalit (September 28, 2020). "New Groups Aim To Get More Latinx Stories To Young Readers". NPR. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
• Bowles, David (January 27, 2020). "'American Dirt' Is Proof the Publishing Industry Is Broken". The New York Times. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
• Hatzipanagos, Rachel (August 17, 2020). "'Latinx' not a preferred term among Hispanics, survey says". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
• Simón, Yara (September 14, 2020). "Latino, Hispanic, Latinx, Chicano: The History Behind the Terms". The History Channel. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
• Kantor, Emma (September 17, 2020). "Building Bridges: The Art of Children's Book Translation". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
• Bowles, David (May 13, 2020). "We can learn a lesson about rules during a pandemic from Aztec kings". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
• Wheeler, André (February 5, 2020). "'Fake diversity': Barnes & Noble cancels race-swapped classic covers". The Guardian. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
• Olivas, Daniel (February 6, 2019). "He Is All of Us: The Millions Interviews David Bowles". Retrieved 2020-12-03.
• Bowles, David (December 9, 2019). "Writing for Border Kids in the Age of Trump". School Library Journal. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
• Aldama, Frederick Luis (September 2020). "Interventions: An Interview with David Bowles". American Book Review. 41 (6): 16–17.
• Bowles, David (2018). "Negotiating Dialect to Preserve Identity: Translating Guadalupe García McCall's Summer of the Mariposas into Spanish". Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature. 56 (3): 58–60.
• Garcia, Sol (August 19, 2020). "UTRGV professor releases new children's series". The Rider. Retrieved 2020-12-03.
• Gonzalez, José B. (September 12, 2020). "Major Mexican-American Authors Who Have Busted Through Literary Doors". Latino Stories. Retrieved 2020-12-03.

• Adam Gidwitz (2018). "In the Beginning Was the Name". Nerdy Book Club. Nerdy Book Club. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
• Madeline Smither (2014). "Donna author to talk about 'Big Bird' local legend on national TV". The Monitor. The Monitor. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
• Rasmussen, Peter (July 28, 2015). "The Smoking Mirror: Stories of Shapeshifting Drive Bowles' New Novel". The Monitor. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
• Vourvoulias, Sabrina (April 10, 2015). "Meet David Bowles, author of The Smoking Mirror". AL DÍA. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
• Vourvoulias, Sabrina (June 29, 2015). "Introduction to "Winds that Stir Vermillion Sands"". Strange Horizons. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
• Fowler, Olivia (2015). "Author Interview: David Bowles on Inclusive Literature, the Hugos, and the Future of Genre Fiction". Geeka Chicas. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
• Texas Associated Press Managing Editors (March 31, 2015). "2014 Texas APME Awards List". Texas Associated Press Managing Editors. Retrieved 2015-09-05.CS1 maint: Extra text: authors list (link)
• Cummins, Amy (July 2015). "Postcard Review of The Smoking Mirror" (PDF). Bookbird: A Journal of International Children's Literature. 53 (3): 81–101.
• Birkelbach, Alan (June 2014). "Perform with Drums (A Review of Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Mayan Poetry)" (PDF). American Book Review. 35 (4): 22–23. doi:10.1353/abr.2014.0065.
• Bowles, David (March 2015). "Three Translations". Rattle. 47.
• Hoerth, Katherine (Winter 2014). "Flower, Song, Dance: Aztec and Mayan Poetry". Pleiades. 34 (1): 248–250. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
• Texas Institute of Letters (n.d.). "Winners Announced in Texas Institute of Letters Competitions" (PDF). Texas Institute of Letters. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-02-16. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
• Texter, Douglas (May 15, 2015). "Review of Apex Magazine #72". Tangent. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
• Gyasi, Geosi (March 24, 2015). "Interview with David Bowles, Author of The Seed". Geosi Reads: A World of Literary Pieces. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
• Donna Independent School District (n.d.). "Bilingual/ESL Department". Donna ISD. Retrieved 2015-09-06.
• PR Newswire (January 11, 2016). "American Library Association announces 2016 youth media award winners". PR Newswire. Retrieved 2016-01-11.
• UTRGV (n.d.). "Dr. David Bowles". UTRGV. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
• David Bowles (Presenter) (October 6, 2015). Story and Identity: Moving Beyond the Self (video). McAllen: TEDx. Retrieved 2016-09-10.
• TIL Press Release (2017). "Fifteen elected to Texas Institute of Letters". Lone Star Literary Life. Lone Star Literary Life. Retrieved 2017-02-05.
• Full Circle Literary (2017). "David Bowles". Middle Grade & Young Adult. Full Circle Literary. Retrieved 2017-06-18.
• Michael David Wilson (2017). "TIH 132: David Bowles on Mexican-American Folklore, Southern Gothic, and Story Ideas". This Is Horror Podcast. This Is Horror. Retrieved 2017-07-01.
• Nicole Brinkley (2017). "What authors received YA book deals in February?". YA Interrobang. YA Interrobang. Retrieved 2018-05-08.

External links

• David Bowles on IMDb
• David Bowles at WorldCat – multiple people with this name

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