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  • Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border

    Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border - Paperback

    Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border - Paperback

    By Luis Urrea
  • Piedra

    Piedra - Paperback

    Piedra - Paperback

    By Luis Urrea

About Luis Urrea Books

Luis Alberto Urrea was born in Tijuana to an American mother and a Mexican father. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego, in 1977. After working as a film extra, he joined a crew of relief workers helping the poor on the Mexican side of the border. In 1982, he went to Massachusetts, where he taught Expository Writing at Harvard. Currently, he lives in Boulder, Colorado.