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Into the Field
A Foreign Correspondent's Notebook
By Tracy Dahlby
University of Texas Press
In this lively memoir and how-to handbook for aspiring journalists, a veteran correspondent who has reported for National Geographic and Newsweek tells “the stories behind the stories” that reveal the hard work, skill, and luck it takes to be a successful
Bronx Boys
University of Texas Press
Bronx Boys captures the violence, resilience, and hope of young men growing up in what was one of the toughest and most dangerous neighborhoods in the United States.
The Faces of Time
Portrayal of the Past in Old French and Latin Historical Narrative of the Anglo-Norman Regnum
By Jean Blacker
University of Texas Press
While many scholars have treated the Old French verse chronicle as fiction and Latin prose narratives as historical accounts, Jean Blacker asserts that twelfth-century authors and readers viewed both genres as factual history.
The Devil's Backbone
By Bill Wittliff; Illustrated by Jack Unruh
University of Texas Press
Set in wild and woolly Texas and Mexico in the 1880s, this engrossing tale of a boy’s search for his missing Momma is as full of colorful characters, folk wit and wisdom, and unexpected turns of events as the great American quest novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Naturally Healthy Mexican Cooking
Authentic Recipes for Dieters, Diabetics, and All Food Lovers
By Jim Peyton
University of Texas Press
Presenting some two hundred authentic recipes (with nutritional analysis) ranging from traditional tacos and enchiladas to alta cocina Mexicana, this cookbook shows you how to make Mexican food that is highly nutritious and low calorie, easy to prepare, a
Argentine, Mexican, and Guatemalan Photography
Feminist, Queer, and Post-Masculinist Perspectives
University of Texas Press
Viewing the work of twelve prominent photographers, including Graciela Iturbide, Pedro Meyer, and Marcos López, this first far-ranging analysis of gendered perspectives in Latin American photography demonstrates the importance of this art form within Latin American cultural production.
A Cuban in Mayberry
Looking Back at America's Hometown
University of Texas Press
This original and thorough discussion of a legendary American sitcom uses the experience of exile to reveal that The Andy Griffith Show’s enduring appeal comes from the intimacy between person and place that viewers enjoy in Mayberry.
The Face of Texas
University of Texas Press
With twenty-three new portraits, including John Graves, Rickard Linklater, Joel Osteen, and Cat Osterman, as well as updated profiles of all of the subjects, here is the face of Texas captured in the faces of noteworthy Texans by one of America’s premier
Miguel Covarrubias
Drawing a Cosmopolitan Line
Edited by Carolyn Kastner; By Alicia Inez Guzmán, Khristaan D. Villela, Janet Catherine Berlo, and Georgia O'Keeffe Museum; Introduction by Adriana Williams
University of Texas Press
This catalogue of an exhibition at the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum broadens our understanding of twentieth-century modernism by exploring the prolific Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias’s substantial contributions to a cosmopolitan sensibility in modernist art
Up Against the Wall
Re-Imagining the U.S.-Mexico Border
By Edward S. Casey and Mary Watkins
University of Texas Press
Using the U.S. wall at the border with Mexico as a focal point, two experts examine the global surge of economic and environmental refugees, presenting a new vision of the relationships between citizen and migrant in an era of “Juan Crow,” which systemati
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