Peregrinos de Aztlan (Pilgrims in Aztlan) | Author Biography
There are so many remarkable things about Miguel Méndez that he himself has, at times, looked into the mirror and wondered who he was. He was born on June 15, 1930, in Bisbee, Arizona, a town that sits on the border between the United States and Mexico. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to El Claro, Mexico, where his father found work in a government-owned farming community. It was from his father that Méndez would learn the significance of the storyteller. His father’s stories were conveyed to him in the traditional oral style. From his mother, who spoke both Spanish and...
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