Daniel A. Olivas

Author, attorney

In this episode of Words on a Wire, host Daniel Chacón speaks with author and attorney Daniel A. Olivas about his new novel, Chicano Frankenstein (Forest Avenue Press, 2024).

Daniel A. Olivas, the grandson of Mexican immigrants, is an award-winning author of eight books including The King of Lighting Fixtures: Stories (University of Arizona Press, fall 2017), Things We Do Not Talk About: Exploring Latino/a Literature through Essays and Interviews (San Diego State University Press, 2014), and The Book of Want: A Novel (University of Arizona Press, 2011).