Alex Espinoza has won a 2014 American Book Award for his novel The Five Acts of Diego León. The award, presented by the Before Columbus Foundation, “respects and honors excellence in American literature without restriction or bias with regard to race, sex, creed, cultural origin, size of press or ad budget, or even genre.”
Espinoza’s story “Scenes from the Films of Orlando Real” – from an earlier version of Diego León – appeared in HUIZACHE’s debut issue.