Reviews for Cultural memory and the mexican diaspora in the United States

The average rating for Cultural memory and the mexican diaspora in the United States based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2013-02-28 00:00:00 Tammy Stevenson I picked up this book in our school library and originally thought it too outdated to read. However, I quickly became fascinated. Published in 1978, this book gives a glimpse into a writer's life that is still apt today. I found myself marking a dozen passages to share with my students. Reading an excerpt such as the following, it could have easily been written yesterday instead of 40 years ago: "Oftentimes it is not one climactic episode that inspires the writing of a book, but rather bits and pieces picked up here and there, such as newspaper accounts of racists tying a black man to a truck and dragging him to his death; of the beating of a gay college student in Wyoming; or the Neo-Nazis celebrating Hitler's birthday. Predictions of terrible things to come in the year 2000, and the dangers of allowing immigrants into our country, or allowing any type of gun-control—all these fears. How do these hatreds and fears begin?"

Review # 2 was written on 2015-03-30 00:00:00 James Reeder A nice book for young children who want to be writers. She rightfully points out that writers will look back on their young efforts with embarrassment at how awful they are. It takes a long time to learn how to write. She talks about rejection slips from editors, rewriting, importance of reading, and so on. I like her story about how she thought she wasn't poor because her family had books in the house.