Background
Portales, Marco Antonio was born on October 22, 1948 in Edinburg, Texas, United States. Son of Toribio Narvaez and Maria del Carmen SalvaTierra (Moya) Portales.
(«Youth and Age» culls out from generally well-known texts...)
«Youth and Age» culls out from generally well-known texts what in effect is an unnoticed dialogue in American literature. Marco Portales' book highlights the languages, the styles, and the purposes and intentions of well-recognized writers who focused attention on old men narrators and characters from the Puritan period to the beginning of the twentieth century. The rhetoric that emerges here will engage the interests of students in American Studies, history, Gender Studies, literature, and gerontology.
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English language educator executive assistant
Portales, Marco Antonio was born on October 22, 1948 in Edinburg, Texas, United States. Son of Toribio Narvaez and Maria del Carmen SalvaTierra (Moya) Portales.
Student, Pan American University, 1968. Bachelor in English, University Texas, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in English, State University of New York, Buffalo, 1974.
Assistant professor Englsh, University of California, Berkeley, 1974-1979;
dean of Arts and Sciences, Texas Southmost U., Brownsville, 1987-1988;
associate professor literature, U. Houston, Clear Lake, 1979-1989;
professor literature, U. Houston, Clear Lake, 1989-1991;
Professor of English, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1991;
director undergraduate studies, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1992-1993;
interim director Race and Ethnic Studies Institute, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, 1993-1994;
faculty representative Hispanic Professional Network, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1991;
Professor of English, executive assistant to president, Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., College Station, since 1996. Book reviewer New York Times Book Review, 1984. Visiting scholar National Endowment for Humanities, 1992.
Book consultant Harper Collins, District of Columbia Heath, University Texas Press, 1992. Book manuscript reader U. Tennessee Press, 1988, 90. Presenter Texas Agricultural and Mechanical U., 1992, 93,American Literature Association Conference, San Diego, 1990, 92, American Studies Association Convention, Toronto, 1989, Purdue University, 1989, Modern Language Association Afro-American Forum, St. Louis, 1985, Westbrook College, Portland, Maine, 1985, Modern Language Association Conference, San Francisco, 1987, U. Houston, 1983, Modern Language Association Convention, Los Angeles, 1982, among others.
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Member Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States (president 1992-1994, secretary 1988-1990, program chair 1985-1987, associate editor MELUS 1982-1988, member editorial board 1980-1982).
Married Candida Rita Abrams, February 12, 1972. Children: Carlos Antonio, Marie Cristina.