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Puro border : dispatches, snapshots, & graffiti / edited by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite, John William Byrd, Bobby Byrd ; with Jessica Powers.

Van Pelt Library F787 .P87 2003
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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Byrd, Bobby, 1942-
Byrd, John William, 1973-
Crosthwaite, Luis Humberto, 1962-
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Mexican-American Border Region--Miscellanea.
Mexican-American Border Region.
Mexican-American Border Region--Social conditions.
Mexican-American Border Region--Description and travel.
United States--Relations--Mexico.
United States.
Relations.
Mexico.
Mexico--Relations--United States.
Genre:
Trivia and miscellanea.
Physical Description:
253 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition:
First edition.
Place of Publication:
El Paso, Tex. : Cinco Puntos Press, [2003]
Contents:
The smooth rhythm / Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
Double standards / Debbie Nathan
Ropa usada / Cecilia Balli
Rasquachismo / Tomas Ybarra Frausto y Ramses Noriega
Sunflowers / Julian Cardona
Lenny Dicarlo, a bankrobber on the border / Louie Gilot
Tijuana wonderland / Luis Humberto Crosthwaite
The murdered women of Juarez / Sam Quiñones
El Paso times article about the Juarez cops shooting Escobedo, the lawyer defending two ruteros alleged to have killed women in November
Open letter to my relatives / Gary Nabhan
Polleros / Francisco Vasquez Morales
"All jokes will be taken seriously" / David Romo
The border patrol state / Leslie Marmon Silko
Pieces from lo que estará, the native Mexican crossing the border and being beat up
La plaza / Terrance Poppa
The meaning of wilderness / Ofelia Zepeda
Soldiers of misfortune / Robert Draper
Counting sheep / Doug Peacock.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
0938317598
OCLC:
49705001

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