Alejandro Morales is an Emeritus Professor of

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and

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Studies at the

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, and an award-winning Mexican-American writer of fiction and poetry. He has published seven ground-breaking novels, three

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, 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

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and one of the most outstanding, powerful, and innovative writers on the

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

Works

# ''Caras viejas y vino nuevo'' (1975) J. Mortiz, Mexico published in English (1981) as ''Old Faces and New Wine'', Maize Press, San Diego # '' 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. # '' The Brick People'' (1988) Arte Público Press, Houston, Texas # '' The Rag Doll Plagues'' (1992) # ''

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'' (1997) # ''

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'' (2001) - the first volume of the Heteropia Trilogy # '' Pequeña Nación'' (2005) - three short novels # ''

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'' (2008) Bilingual Press, Tempe, AZ # ''Little Nation and Other Stories'' (2014). Trans. Adam Spires. Houston: Arte Público Press. # ''River of Angels'' (2014). Houston: Arte Público Press.

References

* 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. University of California, Irvine faculty 20th-century American novelists 21st-century American novelists American male novelists Living people Chicano literature 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{US-novelist-stub

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