Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines

Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Friday, February 6, 2009 @ 7 p.m. Held at Radio Arte, 1401 W. 18th Street. Free.

Mexican Enough: My Life Between the Borderlines
In 2005, Stephanie Elizondo Griest ventured to her mother’s native Mexico to do a little root-searching and improve her “Tarzan Lite” Spanish. She stumbled upon a burgeoning social movement that shook parts of the nation to its core. MEXICAN ENOUGH chronicles her journey, from the narco-infested border town of Nuevo Laredo to the highlands of Chiapas. She investigates the murder of a prominent gay activist, sneaks into prison to meet with resistance fighters, rallies with rebels in Oaxaca, and interviews scores of migrant workers and the families they were forced to leave behind. Travel companions include a Polish thief, a Border Patrol agent, and a Dominatrix. Part memoir, part journalistic reportage, MEXICAN ENOUGH illuminates how we cast off our identity in our youth, only to strive to find it again as adults—and the lessons to be learned along the way.
--Washington Square Press, August 2008