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Mapping the History of Slavery in New York

By Ada Reso, Maria Robles, and Elsa Eli Waithe

Decolonize Hipsters

By Grégory Pierrot

Gina Frangello: Truth and Consequences

By Kelly Thompson

Estranged Modernisms

By Spencer Lee-Lenfield

Luis Alberto Urrea

Luis Alberto Urrea is the award-winning author of thirteen books, including The Hummingbird’s Daughter, The Devil’s Highway, and Into the Beautiful North. Born in Tijuana to a Mexican father and an American mother, Luis draws on the themes of borders, immigration, and the search for love and belonging in his work. A 2005 Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction, he’s won the Kiriyama Prize (2006), the Lannan Award (2002), an American Book Award (1999), and was named to the Latino Literary Hall of Fame. Urrea lives with his family in Naperville, IL, and is a professor of creative writing at the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Class in America: The Fault Lines Lives ClassRace

Ghosts in the Land of Plenty

By Luis Alberto Urrea June 16, 2014

I always seek out the maids. I always want to help the janitors sweep. My wife says I have a Jesus complex. What I have is a class issue.

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