Hinojosa (creative writing, U. of Texas-Austin) is author of the 15-volume Klail City Death Trip series of novels. In this collection of 15 essays and four stories written between 1982 and
2009, he reflects on his bicultural experiences growing up on the Texas-Mexico border, memories of his family, and issues of assimilation and discrimination. He also discusses his decisions on
whether to write in English or Spanish, dealing with writer's block, and the development of Chicano literature. Four of the essays and two of the stories are in Spanish. There is no subject
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