{"product_id":"mexico-in-mind-an-anthology-9780307274885","title":"Mexico in Mind: An Anthology","description":"\u003cb\u003eTwo centuries of writers drawn to Mexico--from D. H. Lawrence, John Steinbeck, Jack Kerouac, and Tennessee Williams to Salman Rushdie, Anita Desai, and Sandra Cisneros\u003c\/b\u003eThis scintillating literary travel guide gathers the work of great writers celebrating Mexico in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Ranging from 1843 to the present, \u003cb\u003eMexico in Mind\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a remarkably varied sampling of English-speaking writers' impressions of the land south of the border. John Reed rides with Pancho Villa in 1914; Graham Greene defends Mexico's priests; Langston Hughes describes a bullfight; Jack Kerouac and William Burroughs find Mexico intoxicating; Alice Adams visits Frida Kahlo's house; Ann Louise Bardach meets the mysterious Subcommandante Marcos face to face. Fictional accounts are equally vivid, including poems by Muriel Rukeyser, Archibald Macleish, and Sandra Cisneros, short stories by Katherine Anne Porter and Ray Bradbury, and excerpts from John Steinbeck's \u003cb\u003eThe Pearl\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eTennessee Williams' \u003cb\u003eNight of the Iguana\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003eand Salman Rushdie's \u003cb\u003eThe Ground Beneath Her Feet\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e. \u003c\/i\u003eFrom the bustle of Mexico City to coffee planations in remote Chiapas, from Mayan ruins to the markets at Oaxaca, the scenes evoked in this anthology reflect the rich variety of the place and its history, sure to enchant vacationers, expatriates, and armchair travelers everywhere.Alice Adams - Ann Louise Bardach - Ray Bradbury - William S. Burroughs - Frances Calder n de la Barca - Ana Castillo - Sandra Cisneros - Anita Desai - Erna Fergusson - Charles Macomb Flandrau - Donna Gershten - Graham Greene - Langston Hughes - Fanny Inglehart - Gary Jennings - Diana Kennedy - Jack Kerouac - D. H. Lawrence - Malcolm Lowry - Archibald Macleish - Rub n Mart nez - Tom Miller - Katherine Anne Porter - John Reed - Luis Rodriguez - Richard Rodriguez - Muriel Rukeyser - Salman Rushdie - John Steinbeck - Edward Weston - Tennessee Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780307274885\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.44lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.88h x 5.80w x 0.56d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2006 pg. 118\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Maria Finn Dominguez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44413659381941,"sku":"9780307274885","price":19.55,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_1702fd1c-ee6d-45ee-ac93-8794ed216228.jpg?v=1720538173","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/mexico-in-mind-an-anthology-9780307274885","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}