Autobiography. Biography. Memoir. Interview/Essay. In Spanish. Luis Leal, long-time professor at both the University of Illinois and the University of California, Santa Barbara and author of 16 books of essays and criticism and countless articles which have been instrumental in giving Chicano and Mexican literature the attention they deserve in the U.S., was born in Linares, Mexico in 1907. DON LUIS LEAL recounts his memoirs in the form of a fascinating, warmly intellectual conversation with fellow UC Santa Barbara professor Víctor Fuentes, beginning with his childhood experiences as a son of the Mexican Revolution, including the arrival of Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata in Mexico City, and tracing his life in Chicago and his military experience in the Phillipines before ending in a substantial exploration of his views on Chicano literary criticism and cultural production.