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3 de Agosto, 2006
Trinidad Sanchez, Jr.
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Trinidad Sanchez Jr.
SAN ANTONIO (AP) _ Trinidad Sanchez Jr., a poet and activist who inspired audiences with his writing about culture and social issues, has died. He was 63.
Sanchez, who was known as "Trino," died Sunday at a San Antonio hospital. He had been hospitalized since mid-July after suffering two strokes.
The Pontiac, Mich., native's topics included race, children killed by handguns in Detroit in the late 1980s, and spicy food. [Interesting sentence, there. —The Unapologetic (and Verbal) Mexican]
He was a Jesuit brother for 27 year and worked in prison ministry for five years after leaving the order.
His poetry was published in several anthologies, including "Why Am I So Brown?" which is now in its sixth reprint. The English Department at St. Mary's University uses two of his books as teaching tools.
Sanchez's other well-known writings include "Jalapeno Blues" and "Authentic Chicano Food is Hot!" He co-authored "Poems by Father and Son" with his father, Trinidad V. Sanchez, who also was a poet."
Thank you for everything, Señor Sanchez.
You live on, heart, hands, and voice.
You remain an inspiration.
Vaya con Dios.
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