Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. Set in Tucson's toughest neighborhoods during the late 1980s, this explosive debut follows the disintegration of the Nunez family and the people whose paths they cross. From crooked cops to prostitutes plying their trade along the "Miracle Mile," each person's destiny is linked by crushing poverty, the brutal codes of the street, and the harsh nature of the desert. In this place of drought and flood, "civilization" is every bit as dangerous as its surroundings. "Morales wrestles with nothing less than the parameters of the human soul"—Luis Alberto Urrea.

Author City: TERRE HAUTE, IN USA

Aaron Michael Morales was born and raised in Tucson, Arizona, and is a graduate of Purdue University's MFA program. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor of English at Indiana State University where he teaches Creative Writing and Contemporary Literature. His fiction has appeared in Another Chicago Magazine, Passages North, and Make Magazine, among other places. His first short collection of fiction, titled From Here You Can Almost See the End of the Desert, was published in 2008 by Momotombo Press at the University of Notre Dame's Institute for Latino Studies. He has authored one novel, DROWNING TUCSON (Coffee House Press, 2010), and is currently at work on his second, Eat Your Children.

Reviews and Other Links
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Dustin Luke Nelson in Bookslut
Robert J. Zertuche @ Front Porch Journal