The Last Philosopher in Texas: Fictions and Superstitions

In this intriguing collection of short fiction, Daniel Chacón explores themes of superstition, witchcraft and religion through characters--mostly Mexican Americans--struggling to find something to believe in.

DANIEL CHACÓN is the author of The Cholo Tree (Piñata Books, 2017); Hotel Juárez: Stories, Rooms and Loops (Arte Público Press, 2013); Unending Rooms (Black Lawrence Press, 2008), winner of the Hudson Prize; and the shadows took him (Washington Square Press, 2005) and Chicano Chicanery (Arte Público Press, 2000). A professor at the University of Texas at El Paso, he is co-editor of The Last Supper of Chicano Heroes: The Selected Works of José Antonio Burciaga (University of Arizona Press, 2008).