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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? Librotraficantes Pay Arizona A Visit

3 Comments | Posted March 19, 2012 | 7:04 AM

It's been a busy week for the nation's first librotraficantes. The Houston-based book trafficking caravaneros have been on the road since Monday. Led by novelist Tony Díaz, the group of enthusiastic--if a little worse for wear--activists, writers, and students, will complete the end of their six-city...

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The Librotraficante Behind the Movement to Smuggle "Wetbooks" Back Into Arizona

27 Comments | Posted February 7, 2012 | 6:33 AM

Manuel Muñoz's book, Zigzagger, is banned at the high school right across from the University of Arizona campus where he is a professor of creative writing. Munoz graduated from Harvard, received his MFA from Cornell University, and is the recipient of a fellowship from the National Endowment from the Arts....

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