Raúl Salinas, poet, teacher and activist, dies
Austin resident and bookstore owner gave voice to Chicano struggle.
By Miguel Liscano
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Raúl Salinas was an ex-con whose tattoos in faded green ink reminded people he'd seen rough times, a mentor who kept his students grounded and a poet whose bilingual politically charged writing attracted fans from around the world.
On Wednesday morning, the man who found his voice in prison and tried to give that voice to his readers died in Austin from complications of liver cancer, a family friend said. He was 73.
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