LUPE MENDEZ is a writer/educator/performer, originally from Galveston Island, Texas. Lupe has lived in Houston, Texas for the last decade, where he works with both Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, Word Around Town and the Brazilian Arts Foundation to establish free poetry and creative writing workshops open to the public. Additionally, when he is not playing Capoeira or working in the Education field, Lupe serves the Houston area arts community as a poet, organizer and host for such events as the former Latino Book and Family Festival and the "Word Around Town" Poetry Tour, a week long summer festival that showcases talented poets and spotlights local venues.

Lupe’s recent work is now part of Norton's newest anthology -Sudden Fiction Latino: Short-Short Stories From The United States and Latin America, the 25th anniversary edition of The Bayou Review (University of Houston-Downtown) and as of April 2011,in the UK, Flash (University of Chester, England)- the international forum for flash fiction.

Lupe is hard at work on submissions, working on creating more writing workshop opportunities and continues to share his poetry with performances at local high schools and colleges. You can reach Lupe at lupe@thepoetmendez.org or catch his current events, videos, pictures and ideas at www.elpoetamendez.blogspot.com

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