Rudy Ruiz has authored short stories, columns, op-eds, and research studies which have been published in literary journals and newspapers as well as online.

Short Stories

The Dillydoun Review

“Rudy Ruiz’s ‘Allegiance’ has been published in the print and e-book anthology of The Dillydoun Review International Fiction Prize.”

OBLIVIOUS

“This COVID-era story was selected as a Finalist for the 2020 Texas Observer Short Story Award.”

COFFEE PORT ROAD

“This is one of the best stories I have ever read. It stayed with me psychologically, and I am therefore transformed as a reader. This is the gift all readers desire and look for in literature.” -Dr. Francine Richter, Editor, New Texas

THE LIMES

Another installment from Rudy Ruiz’s border bildungsroman, published in New Texas, “The Limes” was selected as a Finalist for the Texas Institute of Letters 2020 Best Short Story Award.

PORTS OF ENTRY

Read the opening chapter from Rudy Ruiz’s border bildungsroman. Published in the literary journal, New Texas, “Ports of Entry” follows a father and son as they help a mother and daughter cross the border in search of medical care.

VEXING GIFTS

Imagine a world where Trump’s border wall is built and xenophobia spirals out of control. This is the foreboding vision border native Rudy Ruiz explores in “Vexing Gifts,” published in the Summer/Fall 2018 issue of the Notre Dame Review.

THAT BOY COULD RUN

Check out the winner of the 2017 Gulf Coast Prize in Fiction. This coming-of-age story is one in a series about a boy growing up on the border. Eventually, the stories will come together as a novel, a border bildungsroman.

No Splash

Read Rudy Ruiz’s short story, an excerpt from his upcoming novel inspired by the work of Latino artist Ramiro Gomez. “No Splash” was published in the University of Illinois’ Pushcart Prize-winning literary journal, The Ninth Letter.

A LONE-STARRED STATE

Rudy Ruiz explores the complexity of a border family’s relationships when one sibling outshines the other in “A Lone-Starred State,” published by BorderSenses.

Columns

Studies

Raise the Torch

From 2008 to 2012, Ruiz served as Founder & Editor-in-Chief of RedBrownandBlue.com, a website featuring multicultural commentary on social and political issues. Via Red, Brown & Blue, Ruiz spearheaded the development and implementation of an unprecedented survey of undocumented Latino immigrants, capturing their mindset, aspirations and commitment to partaking in the American Dream.

DON’T BE FOOLED: THE TRUTH ABOUT SUGARY DRINKS

Via Interlex, in partnership with the University of Washington and University of Pennsylvania, Rudy Ruiz contributed as a co-author of this research study regarding the impact of countermarketing on the consumption of sugary fruit drinks. The study was published in November 2021 by the American Journal of Public Health.

How Sweet It Is

Via Interlex, and in partnership with Yale University, Ruiz co-authored a study on perceptions and attitudes surrounding sugary drinks and their impact on obesity. The study helped establish the “sugary drinks” as a common term among nutrition advocates nationwide.