Gary Soto

Author

Bio

Gary Soto, poet and essayist, is author of forty books, including Living Up the Street, A Summer Life, Jesse, New and Selected Poems, and Buried Onions. He has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Guggenheim Foundation. In 1995, NBC featured him as “Person of the Week” for his advocacy for reading. His books have sold five million copies and have been translated into five languages. The Gary Soto Literary Museum is located at Fresno City College, where he began writing poetry in spring 1972. He lives in Berkeley, California.

Gary Soto Books

The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien

Oscar Hijuelos

Puppy Love

Gary Soto

The Elements of San Joaquin

Gary Soto

Meatballs for the People

Gary Soto

You Kiss by th' Book

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Instant Winner

Gary Soto

The Pool Party

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The Skirt

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Living Up The Street

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Hey 13!

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Partly Cloudy

Gary Soto

Cesar Chavez

Gary Soto

Facts of Life

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Mercy on These Teenage Chimps

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Accidental Love

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Help Wanted

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The Afterlife

Gary Soto

Crazy Weekend

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Jessie De La Cruz: A Profile of a United Farm Worker

Gary Soto

The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy: Recollections and Short Essays

Gary Soto