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Michael Evans-Smith has been internationally received for his lifelong work in publishing and translating the works of Abelardo Barrientos “Lalo” Delgado (Xicano poet & political activist). He has been acknowledged in works by (partial listing) Linda Hogan (Solar Storms); Scott B. Vickers (native American identities: From Stereotype to Archetype in Art and Literature); Lori M. Carlson (Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States-forward by Oscar Hijuelos); Ernesto B. Vigil (The Crusade for Justice: Chicano Militancy and the Government’s War on Dissent); Stephen Foehr with George ‘Ron’ Waldie (Walkin’ the Walk While Talkin’ the Law: The life and work of Jonathon ‘Skip’ Chase) and Kathryn Wilder (Walking the Twilight: Women Writers of the Southwest).

Evans-Smith has also been recognized with numerous awards (partial listing) including: Advocate of the Year from the Minority Enterprise Development Corporation; Honorary Doctorate Degree: Literature, Arts & Humanities (Translation), World Congress of Poets, World Academy of Arts and Culture (2005); Boulder (Colorado) Community Media Award: Boulder Community Access Television- Channel 54 (CATV). His skills has taken him across Canada, the United States and Mexico alongside authors such as Abelard, Edward W. Wood Jr., Jimmy Santiago Baca, Victor Villasenor and others.

Evans-Smith has met with acclaim for the accomplishments with SASKSMART: Weave a Web to Stay Connected in Rural Saskatchewan; SaskSmart: Literacy for Life Innovations Fund as well as, The Dr. Noble Irwin Regional Healthcare Foundation Inc.; Publisher & Editor-in-Chief: Prison Literacy Project: “As Wolves, We Watched: Prisoners Stories & Poems” Stories and Poems from the Edge for Students; Business Consultant, Deputy Director, Cambodian, Laos, Vietnamese Interpreter Services (CLV); Canadian Vietnam Veterans Association (CVVA); Assistant to the President, Canadian Federation of Vietnamese Associations (CFVA) and Visiones: Focusing on the Hispanic World. Ph.D. candidate, A Thesis: A Rage for Justice: The Colorado Migrant Council 1964-1979; Issues Surrounding the Formation of Ethnic Identity through Guerrilla Poetry: Abelardo Barrientos “Lalo” Delgado, magdaleno leno-rose-avila, Ricardo Sanchez and Reymundo ‘Tigre’ Perez.

Biography then, to a large extent, is the explication of motive, and motives ought not to be guessed at too readily.