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Daniel Peña is a Pushcart Prize-winning writer and assistant professor in the Department of English at the University of Houston-Downtown. He is the author of Bang: A Novel.

Articles by Daniel Pena

The bell tower of the historic Ysleta mission.

Sergio Troncoso’s New Book Is a Beautiful Meditation on the Borderlands

A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son reminds readers that the U.S.-Mexico borderlands, so frequently flattened and stereotyped, are as personal as they are political.

by Daniel Peña

Remember the Alamo (Differently)

In Texas, the effort to stop white supremacy should include dismantling the racist mythology of the Alamo.

by Daniel Peña