José Tlatelpas


Jose Tlatelpas is a Mexican poet, essayist, visual artist, journalist, publisher, writer and political activist for civil rights. He lives in Mexico City and Vancouver, British Columbia. He has been a director of several cultural and political magazines since 1972, such as , Gaceta Politécnica de Literatura y Redacción, and Poder Popular.
Among other places, he gave workshops for the INBA in Mexico, the ENEP Acatlan University; abroad, he conducted workshops in CLAVES Latinoamericanas and the Circulo de Escritores Latinoamericanos in Vancouver, Canada, and other places.
In 1985, he was a coordinator of , the Cultural Group of The Movimiento Revolucionario del Pueblo, incorporated into the Mexican Socialist Party and finally to Morena. The Maiz Rebelde group was founded with the poet , muralist José Hernández Delgadillo, the poet Benito Balam and others. Among many other works, they published "Desde los Siglos del Maiz Rebelde", a poetry anthology with an introduction by .

Poetry

English:
  • , The Coyote Sen Klip Recordings, audiobook, music by America Mestiza, , and Susane Morgan, English, Vancouver, 1991.Sprouting from the Light, collective, poetry, Neoclassic E Press, Vancouver, English, Canada, 1991.
Spanish:Miriam Barrios o La Huilotita Mañanera, Ediciones del Coyote Esquivo, Spanish, Mexico, 1979.El Chalchihuite de Tlatepas, Sawarabi Supansha, Spanish, Kyoto, 1981.Poemas desde el Piso o INBATextos a las poetisas fermosas, Ediciones del Coyote Esquivo, Spanish, Mexico, 1985.
, by Mario Ramírez, Leopoldo Ayala and José Tlatelpas, a virtual version of the book commemorating the 40th anniversary of the student genocide in Tlatelolco, Mexico Canada, Spanish, 2008.
  • , collective of poetry about Che Guevara, published by Editorial Cibertaria, Spanish, Mexico, 2008.

Visual arts

Some artwork by José Tlatelpas in the at Bluecanvas.