Living Beyond Borders Edited by Margarita Longoria
Bibliography:
Longoria, M. (2022). Living beyond borders: Growing up Mexican in America. Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC.
Plot Summary:
An anthology of short stories, essays, poetry, and comics about the Mexican American experience.
Critical Analysis:
Living Beyond Borders is a beautiful collection of short stories, poems, and works that describe a broad range of experiences of what it’s like to grow up Mexican or Mexican-American in a country that views that experience as a monolith. Each story is unique, just like the voice that tells it, and highlights a wide array of lives and lifestyles and the way in which culture, racism, and class play a role in day-to-day lives. I tended to love the short stories in this compilation most of all, especially one toward the end called “La Princess Mileidy Dominguez” by Rubén Degollado. It’s the perfect balance of heartfelt and heartache, with such a beautiful softness.
I really enjoyed this collection and can’t wait to dive in to each of these authors’ individual works.
SLC (starred review)
This superb anthology of short stories, comics, and poems is fresh, funny, and full of authentic YA voices revealing what it means to be Mexican American . . . Not to be missed.
Booklist (starred review)
Superlative . . . A memorable collection.
SLJ (starred review)
Voices reach out from the pages of this anthology . . . It will make a lasting impression on all readers.
Connections:
Immigrants and Refugees
Essays, Anthology and Story Collection Unit
Hispanic Heritage Month - September 15 - October 15
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