VPL - Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance - Book Recommendations for PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (Jan 17–Feb 3, 2019)Like this list

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• Homelands

  Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration

  Corchado, Alfredo

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  Prizewinning journalist and immigration expert Alfredo Corchado details the story of Mexican migration from the late 1980s to today. Fusing the personal and the political Chorchado shares the experience of coming to America using his own…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Signs Preceding the End of the World

  Herrera, Yuri, 1970-

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  In this short yet arresting novel, a Mexican woman navigates the violent world of border crossings. Herrera, one of Mexico's most acclaimed literary sensations, writes about violence with intensity but not without a playful sense of humor.

• Vanishing Frontiers

  the Forces Driving Mexico and the United States Together

  Selee, Andrew D.

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  Vanishing Frontiers is an extensively researched study about the relationship between Mexico and the US today. Through portraits of business leaders, migrants, chefs, movie directors, police officers, and media and sports executives,…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Border Child

  a Novel

  Stone, Michel, 1969-

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  For Héctor and Lilia, pursuit of the American Dream became every parent's worst fear when their infant daughter vanished as they crossed from Mexico to the United States—now they must try to get her back. With great empathy and a keen…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Undocumented

  Immigration and the Militarization of the United States-Mexico Border

  Moore, John (Photojournalist)

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  Photographer John Moore presents a haunting series of photos in his latest book. Using breathtaking photos and yearbook-style head shots Moore documents the grueling immigration process for undocumented Mexicans and Central American coming…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Line Becomes a River

  Cantú, Francisco (Essayist)

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  A former US-Mexican Border Patrol agent details his harrowing experience of an unnatural divide between the two countries and the lives caught on either side of the border in his recent publication.

• Pancho Villa

  a Biography

  Quintana, Alejandro, 1969-

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  Providing both an analysis of the Mexican Revolution and a compelling story of the notorious Pancho Villa, this book describes this historical period from the perspective of its most iconic figure -- Publisher.

• The Cowboy Bible and Other Stories

  Velázquez, Carlos, 1978-

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  The English-language debut of “one of the most original and entertaining voices in contemporary Mexican literature” (Revista Gatopardo): a collection of surreal, ironic, and madcap stories about the comedy and brutality of life in Mexico

• Amexica

  War Along the Borderline

  Vulliamy, Ed

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  This engrossing travelogue traces the fraught Mexican-American border, where the collision of affluence and poverty is mediated by an ultraviolent narco-traficante culture.

• 2666

  Bolaño, Roberto, 1953-2003

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  Composed in the last years of Bolano's life, "2666" was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Mexico

  Stories

  Barkan, Joshua, 1969-

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  The characters in Barkan's collection, Mexico, are ordinary people-everyday citizens, expats, and travelers visiting the country for their own reasons-who find themselves inexorably caught up in and impacted by the criminality and…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Into the Beautiful North

  a Novel

  Urrea, Luis Alberto

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  This is a delightful novel with humor and a refreshing plot twist. A group of young Mexicans, led by accomplished martial artist Nayeli, cross the border not to live in the U.S. but to bring their men back home.

• The Mexican Revolution

  a Very Short Introduction

  Knight, Alan, 1946-

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  A Very Short Introduction offers a succinct narrative and analysis of the Mexican Revolution. A perfect primer for those interested in the who, what , where and why for this incredibly influential revolution.

• The House of Broken Angels

  a Novel

  Urrea, Luis Alberto

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  In Urrea's new novel of Mexican-American life, 70-year-old patriarch Big Angel de la Cruz is dying, and he wants to have one last birthday party. Taking place over the course of two days, with time out for an extended flashback to Big…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• El Paso

  a Novel

  Groom, Winston, 1944-2020

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  Author of Forrest Gump, Winston Groom's expansive, rich novel is set in the harsh deserts and mountains of northern Mexico during the 1916 Mexican revolution, with sharply drawn fictional characters in a bloody mix with Gen. Pancho Villa…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Devil's Highway

  a True Story

  Urrea, Luis Alberto

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  In May of 2001, fourteen out of 26 men succumbed to dehydration in the Arizona desert after attempting to cross illegally into the United States. Using testimony from the survivors as well as extensive investigation, Urrea has written a…Read moreRead more of this annotation