| Portion of title |
Mexican writers respond to the immigration crisis |
| Contents |
Introduction / Carmen Boullosa -- Snow and borders / Yásnaya Elena Aguilar Gil ; translated by Ellen Jones -- Conversations with the wall / René Delgado ; translated by Samantha Schnee -- After the white noise / Yuri Herrera ; translated by Lisa Dillman -- Please don't feed the gringos / Claudio Lomnitz ; translated by Jessie Mendez Sayer -- Asylum under siege: why does immigration law fail to protect women and children from state-sanctioned violence? / Valeria Luiselli and Ana Puente Flores -- Language solidarity: how to create a force field with words / Jhonni Carr and Román Luján -- Rape and the idea of Mexico / Alejandro Madrazo Lajous -- Aeschylus and the migrants / Jean Meyer ; translated by Ellen Jones -- Droplets / Paula Mónaco Felipe ; translated by Ellen Jones -- Barbarians in the presence of barbarians / Emiliano Monge ; translated by Victor Meadowcroft -- The dilemma: to migrate, or not to migrate / Porfirio Mun̋oz Ledo ; translated by Jessie Mendez Sayer -- Make art, not walls / National Human Rights Commission, Mexico ; translated by Ellen Jones -- Notes from "El cuartito" / Guadalupe Nettel ; translated by Sophie Hughes -- Politics of exclusion, politics of integration / Juan Carlos Pereda Failache ; translated by Samantha Schnee -- A wall that threatens biodiversity / Cisteil X. Pérez Hernández ; translated by Lisa Dillman -- Back to Tijuana / Leonardo Tarifen̋o ; translated by Victor Meadowcroft -- Clay migrants / Eduardo Vázquez Martín ; translated by Ellen Jones -- Inventing the enemy: the border in the Trump era / Juan Villoro ; translated by Samantha Schnee -- Of nomads and heroes / Jorge Volpi ; translated by Samantha Schnee -- Walls of air / Yael Weiss ; translated by Jessie Mendez Sayer -- A wall to divide the desert / Naief Yehya ; translated by Ellen Jones |
| Abstract |
"An anthology of writing by Mexican journalists, historians, novelists, and artists on the immigration crisis in the United States"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Abstract |
Despite the extensive coverage in the U.S. media of the southern border and Donald Trump's proposed wall, most English speakers have had little access to the multitude of perspectives from Mexico on the ongoing crisis. Boullosa and Quintero redress this imbalance with this collection of essays, translated into English for the first time, drawing on writing by journalists, novelists, and documentary-makers who are Mexican or based in Mexico. They discuss important questions, including the history of U.S.-Mexican relations, and questions of sovereignty, citizenship, and borders. -- adapted from jacket |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Genre/form | Essays. |
| LCCN | 2020020980 |
| ISBN | 9781620976180 hardcover |
| ISBN | 1620976188 hardcover |
| ISBN | electronic book |
