American Arts & Literature

I rarely conduct research on American literature, but when I do it is on what some call ethnic American literature.

“Conjuring the Colonizer: Alternative Readings of Magic Realism in Sherman Alexie’s Reservation Blues.” American Indian Culture and Research Journal 31, no. 2 (June 2007): 25-39.

South Central Los Angeles: An Annotated Bibliography with Accompanying Statistics on Inner City Underdevelopment and Minority Business. Los Angeles, CA: City of Los Angeles Human Relations Commission. 1993. 63 pages.

I Am Aztlán: The Personal Essay in Chicano Studies, ed. Chon A. Noriega and Wendy Belcher. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press. 2004. 266 pages. Reviewed by Biography; CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries; Reference & Research Book News.

Street Beat: The Art of the Street. Washington, DC: Potter’s House Press. 1987. 32 pages. Photos and text.

Review of Edwidge Danticat, “The Farming of Bones.” LA Weekly (September 23, 1999).