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BooksThe Extinction of Rhinos in Mexico: 9 Tales of Life and Death
"The vivid characters who people Blackburn's 9 Tales of Life and Death refused to be contained within the confines of their short stories." —Devorah Fox, Gulfscapes magazine "In this collection, Blackburn's truest skills as a craftsman lie in his third person narratives and believable dialog, which carries his stories rapidly forward...There's no vacuousness in any of these stories; rather than an abstract presentation of a moment in time, each work is an entire event, leaving the reader with a sense of satisfaction uncommon in short story collections." —Sareda Milosz, Atencion San Miguel Each One Teach One; Up and Out of Poverty: Memoirs of a Street Activist
What emerges is a perturbing portrait of a callous, inefficient bureaucracy. The memoir's strength is its detailed indictment of various so-called ``helping'' institutions....[T]his is a valuable firsthand account of a street survivor's harrowing experiences. -Kirkus Reviews |
