The University of Arizona Press
March 6, 2025
Members of the Texas Institute of Letters (TIL) approved Octavio Quintanilla as one of thirty-two new writers to the TIL, a distinguished honor society established in 1936 to celebrate Texas literature and recognize distinctive literary achievement.
Las Horas Impossibles | The Impossible Hours, written by Quintanilla and co-translated by the poet and Natalia Treviño, is his latest literary work. Quintanilla is also the author of the poetry collections If I Go Missing (Slough Press, 2014) and The Book of Wounded Sparrows (Texas Review Press, 2024). He is the founder and director of the literature and arts festival VersoFrontera; publisher of Alabrava Press; and former poet laureate of San Antonio, Texas. His visual poems Frontextos have been published and exhibited widely. He teaches literature and creative writing at Our Lady of the Lake University.
In the media release, TIL President David Bowles said of the newly inducted members: “We are overjoyed and honored to welcome such a varied and stellar group of literary talents. These folks are some of the very best in their respective fields, and we congratulate not only their nomination and induction, but also the years they have each dedicated to Texas letters.”
