Feature: Corazon y Alma: Chicano and Latino Books

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Gina Ruiz

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• Book Review: Frontera Dreams: A Hector Belascoaran Shayne Detective Novel by Paco Ignacio Taibo, II

  One-eyed Mexican detective Hector Belascoaran Shayne has been stabbed, shot at, and left for dead, but he's back to find his missing high school sweetheart.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 23, 2007

• Book Review: Massacre in Mexico by Elena Poniatowska

  A gripping and heartbreaking account of the 1968 massacre of peaceful protesting students in Mexico City.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 21, 2007

• Book Review: Inés of My Soul by Isabel Allende

  An exciting journey with the first woman conquistador filled with bloody battles, history, and romance.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 20, 2007

• Book Review: Las Soldaderas: Women of the Mexican Revolution by Elena Poniatowska

  A compelling photojournal of the women of the Mexican Revolution.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 17, 2007

• Book Review Ringside Seat to a Revolution: An Underground Cultural History of El Paso and Juarez by David Dorado Romo

  A unique photo journal that documents the Mexican Revolution as it impacted Ciudad Juarez.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 14, 2007

• Book Review: The Uncomfortable Dead: A Novel by Four Hands - What’s Missing is Missing by Subcomandante Marcos and Paco Ignacio Taibo III

  A bizarre noir tale set in Mexico City and the hills of Chiapas.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 10, 2007

• Book Review: In Perfect Light by Benjamin Alire Saenz

  Former Catholic priest and award-winning poet Benajmin Alire Saenz writes an enchanting and haunting novel of family drama, AIDS, cancer and love.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Mar 01, 2007

• Book Review: Mondo Lucha A Go Go by Dan Madigan

  Dan Madigan takes you deep into the wild world of Mexican wrestling in this info-packed book filled with photos, bios, memorabilia and history.

  Review by Gina Ruiz — on Feb 28, 2007