Alejandro Morales

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Alejandro Morales is a Mexican-American writer of fiction and poetry. He is an Emeritus Professor of

novellas
, and one collection of poetry.

Morales received the 2007 Luis Leal Award for Distinction in Chicano/Latino Literature. The award organizer said of Morales, "he is a true pioneer in Chicano literature and one of the most outstanding, powerful, and innovative writers on the Chicano experience."[1]

Works

  • Caras viejas y vino nuevo (1975) J. Mortiz, Mexico
    OCLC 8131156
  • La Verdad sin voz (1979), published in English (1988) as Death of an Anglo.
  • Reto en el paraíso (1983), a mix of Spanish and English.
  • ISBN 978-0-93477-091-0
  • The Rag Doll Plagues (1992)
  • Barrio on the Edge (1997)
  • Waiting to Happen (2001) - the first volume of the Heteropia Trilogy
  • Pequeña Nación (2005) - three short novels
  • ISBN 978-1-93101-040-5
  • Little Nation and Other Stories (2014). Trans. Adam Spires. Houston: Arte Público Press.
  • River of Angels (2014). Houston: Arte Público Press.

References

  1. ^ Mario Garcia, "2007 Luis Leal award: Alejandro Morales", Press release, University of California Santa Barbara

Further reading

  • Franco, Dean. "Working through the Archive: Trauma and History in Alejandro Morales's The Rag Doll Plagues." PMLA 120.2 (2005): 375-87.
  • García-Martínez, Marc. Francisco A. Lomelí. A Critical Collection on Alejandro Morales: Forging an Alternative Chicano Fiction. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2021.
  • García-Martínez, Marc. The Flesh and Blood Aesthetics of Alejandro Morales: Disease, Sex, and Figuration. San Diego: San Diego State University Press, 2014.
  • Gurpegui, José Antonio (ed.). Alejandro Morales: Fiction Past, Present, Future Perfect. Tempe, AZ: Bilingual Review Press, 1996.
  • López López, Margarita. "Heterotopia and the Emergence of the Modern ilusa in Waiting to Happen by Alejandro Morales. A Critical Collection on Alejandro Morales: Forging an Alternative Chicano Fiction. Eds. M. García-Martínez & F. Lomelí. Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 2021. 39-74.
  • López Lozano, Miguel. "The Politics of Blood: Miscegenation and Phobias of Contagion in Alejandro Morales's The Rag Doll Plagues." Aztlán 28 (2003): 39-74.
  • Priewe, Marc. "Bio-Politics and the ContamiNation of the Body in Alejandro Morales' The Rag Doll Plagues." MELUS 29.3-4 (2004): 397-412.
  • Rosales, Jesús. La narrativa de Alejandro Morales: Encuentro, historia y compromiso social. New York: Peter Lang, 1999.
  • Schedler, Christopher. "Bugs in the Capitalist Machine: The Schizo-Violence of Alejandro Morales's The Brick People." MELUS 32.1 (2007): 53-74.
  • Spires, Adam. "Brave New Aztlán: Toward a Chicano Dystopia in the Novels of Alejandro Morales." Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos 29.2 (2005): 363-78.
  • Villalobos, José Pablo. "Border Real, Border Metaphor: Altering Boundaries in Miguel Méndez and Alejandro Morales." Arizona Journal of Hispanic Cultural Studies 4 (2000): 131-40.


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