Mexico In Mind
This evocative literary travel guide gathers the work of great writers celebrating Mexico in peotry, fiction, and nonfiction, ranging from 1843 to the present. John Reed rides with pancho villa; Graham Greene defends Mexico's priests; langston Hughes describes a bullfight; Jack Keruac and william s.Burroughs chronicle their escapades; Alice visits Frida kahlo's house; Ann louise bardach meets the mysterious subcommandante marcos. Here are peoms by muriel rukeyser,archibald macleish, and sandra cisneros, stories by katherine anne porter and ray bradbury, and experts from john steinbeck's the pearl, tennessee william's night of the iguana, and salman rushdie's the ground beneath her feet. From the bustle of mexico city to coffee planatations in remote chipas, from mayan ruins to the market of Oaxaca, the scenes evoked rreflect the rich variety of the place, sure to enchant vacationers, expatriates, and armchair travelers everywhere.
