Oscar Mancinas is a Rarámuri-Chicanx poet, author, scholar and teacher. He was born, raised, and still resides in Mesa, Arizona's Washington-Escobedo Neighborhood. He obtained a B.A. in English and Spanish from Colby College and an M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Emerson College. Currently, he's a doctoral candidate in Arizona State University's School of Transborder Studies, working on a dissertation centered on the history of twentieth-century Indigenous and Chicano/a literature in Arizona. His published works include the poetry chapbooks "Jaula," "Roto: A Mex-Tape" and a full-length collection of poems titled "des_____: papeles, palabras, & poems from the desert." His debut collection of short fiction, "To Live and Die in El Valle" won a 2021 Border Regional Library Association Southwest Book Award.
Awards: Border Regional Library Association Southwest Book Award
Communities: Arizona Author, Hispanic or Latinx, Indigenous or Native American