by María Herrera-Sobek

The UCSB Department of Chicano Studies
The University of California at Santa Barbara is the only UC campus with a Chicano Studies Department, and the teaching and research programs there are highly regarded. In 1997 Marķa Herrera-Sobek was named to fill the impressive Luis Leal Endowed Chair at the department. Go to this link of the department's site to read more about the honor. Then consider this question: Does knowing about a poet's personal accomplishments influence your reading of her poems? Record your thoughts in the Web Links Activity Log.

Babel Fish
This Alta Vista site lets you translate text from English into five other languages. Write a poem and have Babel Fish translate it into the language of your choice. If you have questions about the process, click FAQs. Mount your original poem and the translation side by side and add an illustration. If possible, have a person who is fluent in that language check your translation.