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  • Barbara Ferry, Deborah Begel

    World Views

    Luis and Negra

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    Barbara Ferry, Deborah Begel

    World Views

    Luis and Negra

    In the late 1970s, Luis Alberto Urrea was working in the slums of Tijuana and Ana María “Negra” Calderón was a barefoot young girl, the unschooled daughter of garbage pickers. Nearly 25 years later, Luis is now a celebrated writer, winner of the American Book Award, and a tenured professor in Chicago.

    Back in Tijuana, Negra is struggling to raise her children and those of her sister, who was killed by her husband. In this piece Luis travels back to Tijuana to see Negra after an absence of seven years. He explores his sometimes uneasy relationship and the obligations that “first world” writers have toward their “third world” subjects.

    Date

    October 2003

    Other Contributor(s)

    Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman

    Outlets

    This American Life
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    Themes: Lives, Culture
    Regions: North America
    Media: Audio
    Other Contributors: Sandy Tolan, Alan Weisman
    Other Tags: tijuana, Luis Alberto Urrea, first world, third world