Creative Nonfiction Writer
Publications & Prizes
Anthologies:
Hurricanes and Carnivals: Essays by Chicanos, Pochos, Pachucos, Mexicanos and Expatriates (University of Arizona Press, 2007)
, Puro Border: Dispatches, Snapshots and Graffiti from La Frontera (Cinco Puntos Press, 2002)
Books:
Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration (University of New Mexico Press, 2007)
, True Tales from Another Mexico: the Lynch Mob, the Popsicle King, Chalino and the Bronx (University of New Mexico Press, 2001)
Prizes won:
--Maria Moors Cabot Prize (for career of excellence covering Latin America), 2008, from Columbia University
--Alicia Patterson Fellowship, 1998, for a series of stories about impunity in Mexican villages.
Personal Favorites
What I'm reading now:
Freedomland by , The Art of Teaching Writing by , The Rise of Silas Lapham by , The Short Stories of Bernard Malamud by
More Information
Gives readings:
Yes
Travels for readings:
Yes
Prefers to work with:
Any
Fluent in:
Spanish
Born in:
Germany
Raised in:
Claremont,
CA
California
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Last update: Dec 08, 2010