In this collection of short stories, the author takes the reader on a roadtrip vaster than Jack Kerouac and Hunter Thompsons',  physical countries, but also broad internal nations of the psyche. 

ForeWord Magazine, Gabrielle Shaw 

An award-winning poet, fiction writer and essayist, Urrea should be required reading for anyone living in the Southwest. Pure Urrea means being part Mexican, part Indian and part gringo. Reading his work means getting lost in stories that have both fable-like romance and visceral hopelessness, in voices that shift beautifully from sharp and quick-witted to meditative and soft. 

San Diego Union Tribune, Seth Taylor

The six stories in Urrea's new collection vary widely (in length, mood, and setting, just for starters) but his prose is singular and unmistakable. Short, direct sentences and pitch-perfect dialogue build into original studies of passion or restlessness or mischief, one detail at a time. 

San Francisco Chronicle

Urrea is a poetic writer who draws strong characters and wears his literary compassion on his sleeve, and he uses all of his gifts to full advantage here.

Publishers' Weekly

Now Available
from Little, Brown

"Take a walk on the dead side. 
The largest folk movement in human history is taking place on the U.S./Mexican border. 
Nobody talks about it. 
This exodus is the result of the failure of the U.S. and Mexico as nations.
Nobody talks about it.
This slaughter house fries and mangles at least 400 people a year. 
Nobody talks about it. 
The Devil's Highway is coming to Main Street.
Open your ears and eyes, wash the blood over your hands and read Luis Urrea. 
We gotta talk. Now."

-- Charles Bowden
Author of Down By the River

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Finally, the book that has taken more than 20 years of research, writing and prayer.  
The Hummingbird's Daughter

 
A novel based on the life of Teresa Urrea, La Santa de Cabora. 
From Little, Brown & Co. publishers

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