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Entry Without Inspection: A Writer's Life in El Norte (Crux: The Georgia Series in Literary Nonfiction Ser.)
Cecile Pinedaaward-winning Chicana novelist, memoirist, theater director, performer, activistfelt rootless throughout much of her life. Her father was an undocumented Mexican immigrant, and her mother was a French-speaking immigrant from Switzerland. Pineda, born in New York City, felt culturally disconnected from both of her parents, while also ill at ease in U.S. culture. In her life, we see the strange intersection of immigrant politics, troubles with ethnic identity, and the instability of family ties. In Read more