| 187 Reasons Mexicanos Can't Cross the Border: Undocuments 1971-2007 Contributor(s): Herrera, Juan Felipe (Author) |
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ISBN: 0872864626 ISBN-13: 9780872864627 Publisher: City Lights Books OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2007 Annotation: A hybrid collection of texts written and performed on the road, from Mexico City to San Francisco, from Central America to central California, illustrated throughout with photos and artwork. Rants, manifestos, newspaper cutups, street theater, anti-lectures, love poems, and riffs tell the story of what it's like to live outlaw and brown in the United States. Juan Felipe Herrera is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. The author of twenty-one books, he is also a community arts leader and a dynamic performer and actor. He is the son of Mexican immigrants and grew up in the migrant fields of California. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Collections | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2007025538 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 6.56" W x 8.55" (1.11 lbs) 278 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Latin America |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A hybrid collection of texts written and performed on the road, from Mexico City to San Francisco, from Central America to central California, illustrated throughout with photos and artwork. Rants, manifestos, newspaper cutups, street theater, anti-lectures, love poems, and riffs tell the story of what it's like to live outlaw and brown in the United States. Juan Felipe Herrera is a professor of creative writing at the University of California, Riverside. The author of twenty-one books, he is also a community arts leader and a dynamic performer and actor. He is the son of Mexican immigrants and grew up in the migrant fields of California. |