The Late Great Mexican Border: Reports from a Disappearing Line [Paperback]

Bobby Byrd (Editor), Susannah Mississippi Byrd (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 1996

Fasten your seat belt: This book will take you on a bumpy ride through the painful human geography of the border.-Hispanic Magazin

"This book may be one of the best collections of border essays and insights I've read. The editors have wisely chosen to include some of the best writers from the region instead of the usual hash of academics. When I wasn't laughing, I was crying. How often can you really say that about a book?"-El Planeta Platica

"There probably isn't another press in the country that could pull together such a smart and heartfelt anthology as this. After all, they live in the thick of it."-The New Mexican

"An exceptional collection of essays that takes a long, hard look at the arbitrary line we call the Mexican border." Southwest Books Best Picks for '96-Arizona Daily Star

Contributors
Max Aguilera-Hellweg
Charles Bowden
Barbara Ferry
Guillermo Gómez-Peña
Teresa Leal
Linda Lynch
Rubén Martínez
Tom Miller
Gary Nabhan
Debbie Nathan
Dick Reavis
Luis Rodríguez
Richard Rodriguez
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Luis Alberto Urrea
Alan Weisman

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About the Author

Poet, essayist and publisher, Bobby Byrd, with his wife Lee, recently received the Lannan Fellowship for Cultural Freedom.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Cinco Puntos Press; 1st edition (September 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0938317245
• ISBN-13: 978-0938317241
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.1 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #751,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent!, September 19, 1998

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This review is from: The Late Great Mexican Border: Reports from a Disappearing Line (Paperback)

From El Planeta Platica journal - Subtitled "Reports from a didsappearing line," this book may be one of the best collection of border essays and insights. I've heard of the Cinco Puntos Press for several years, but never came across their publications until recently. The editors have wisely chosen to include some of the best writers from the region instead of the usual hash of academics. Writers, such as Maz Aguilera-Hellweg, talk about cross-cultural childhoods. Debbie Nathan eloquently describes her city - El Paso - with free trade and cholera. The ever-present Gary Paul Nabhan documents his trek looking for night-blooming cacti. When I wasn't laughing, I was crying. How often can you really say that about a book?

7 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Love border culture? This is your book., January 14, 2000

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Jeremy J. Jojola (Las Cruces, NM) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Late Great Mexican Border: Reports from a Disappearing Line (Paperback)

A wonderful book full of the rich flavor of the U.S.-Mexican border. Different writers bring the reader to the border through different reports about the region. Excellent book for border culture lovers. Different writers, different flavors of border culture.