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