Danny Romero was born and raised in Los Angeles. He has degrees from
University of California, Berkeley, and Temple University in Philadelphia,
where he taught writing for many years. He currently teaches at Sacramento
City College.
Romero’s poetry and short fiction have been published in
literary journals throughout the country, such as Bilingual Review,
Colorado Review, Drumvoices Revue, Paterson Literary Review, Pembroke Magazine,
Permafrost and Solo. His work can also be found in a number of anthologies,
including West of the West: Imagining California (1989), Pieces of the Heart:
New Chicano Fiction (1993), Under the Fifth Sun: Latino Literature from
California (2003), Latinos in Lotusland: An Anthology of Contemporary
Southern California Literature (2008) and Pow Wow: Charting the
Faultlines in the American Experience – Short Fiction from Then to
Now (2009).
He is the author of the novel Calle 10 (1996) and two chapbooks
of poetry. A poetry collection is forthcoming from Bilingual Press. He lives
with his son in Sacramento, California.
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