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Gary Soto Born
Gary soto was born. -
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Gary Soto
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Carolyn Oda Soto
he met his future wife, Carolyn Oda. -
Manuel Soto Dies
Gary Soto's dad dies because of a factory accident. -
Hard Life
Between the ages of 7-18 he lived in Romain but was homeless and lived in playgrounds for while. Also he had an ok education by its self. -
Starts Poetry
Gary soto starts poetry. He enrolls in a creative writing class taught by Philipe Levine. -
Gary soto starts poetry because....
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Gary Soto Marries Carolyn Oda Sota
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He was an assistant english professor.
assistant professor of English and Chicano studies. He also was a an associate of this college or association. -
Gary begins writing for young readers.
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Gary soto makes his first film
Made a film called "The Bike". An 11 minute film about a boy's adventure with his bicycle. -
New story; Buried Onions
1995 finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the National Book Award. -
Soto's New and Selected Poems is a finalist for the national book award.
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Got into college
Gary Soto attended the University of California's Irvine campus. First he studied for his bachlers degree. Then about a year later he studied for his masters degree. -
One of his greatest books
Novio Boy, Harcourt, 1997. He won a medal for his book. -
Writers Reccomendation
Editors reccomanded him to the writers and authors addition. This came from his book,"San Francisco Chronicle." -
Accidental Love is published
Gary Soto's book "Accidental Love" is published -
Starts working on adult poetry