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    Reading and Q&A with Author Stephanie Elizondo Griest

    Reading and Q&A with Author Stephanie Elizondo Griest

    MACLA

    April 23, 2009

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    Growing up in a half-white, half-brown town and family in South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest struggled with her cultural identity. Upon turning thirty, she ventured to her mother’s native Mexico to do a little root-searching and improve her “Tarzan Lite” Spanish. She stumbled upon a burgeoning social movement that shook the nation to its core. Her latest book Mexican Enough chronicles her journey, from the narco-infested border town of Nuevo Laredo to the highlands of Chiapas.

    Join us to hear a travel log that finds her sneaking into prison, meeting with resistance fighters, investigating the murder of a prominent gay activist, rallying with rebels in Oaxaca, and interviewing scores of migrant workers and the families they were forced to leave behind. Travel companions include a Polish thief, a border patrol agent, and a dominatrix. Part memoir, part journalistic reportage, Mexican Enough illuminates how we cast off our identity in our youth, only to strive to find it again as adults - and the lessons to be learned along the way.

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      Tickets: $5-$7

      Info Phone: 408-998-2783

    • Dates & Times

      Dates:
      April 23, 2009

      Times:
      8pm

    • Venue Info

      MACLA

      510 S. 1st Street San Jose, CA 95113

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      • Wheelchair Access
      • Audio Description

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