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Author in the classroom at UIC
UIC English and creative writing professor Luis Alberto Urrea published two "cataclysmic" books—one non-fiction, one novel—in the last two years.
"The Devil's Highway: A True Story," a Pulitzer Prize finalist, lays out illegal Mexican immigration to the United States in human, cultural and economic terms. Urrea's novel, "The Hummingbird's Daughter," is based on his great aunt, a Yaqui Indian faith healer. He considers it the biggest thing he's written.
In the classroom, Urrea teaches fiction workshops to UIC grad students and literature to undergrads. His critiques don’t follow the writer’s workshop trend of harsh criticism; he prefers a kinder and gentler approach.
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Department of English
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
University of Illinois at Chicago
June 2007
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