John Kenneth Turner wrote Barbarous Mexico, a very brave an important exposé of the Porfirio Díaz regime, which the American Press hailed at the time:https://utpress.utexas.edu/books/turbar
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Since people are super worried about whether white Americans are even allowed to write about Mexico, here is a thread about white Americans and Brits who wrote amazing books about Mexico admired by Mexicans. So if you want to begin with white writers to learn about Mexico, read:
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John Reed’s Insurgent Mexico was a great report on the Mexican Revolutionhttps://www.amazon.com/Insurgent-Mexico-John-Reed/dp/B084DHCYY2 …
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Katherine Anne Porter wrote many wonderful texts on Mexico, both fictional and non-fictional https://www.loa.org/books/290-collected-stories-other-writings …
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Anita Brenner was essential in the development of Mexico’s Art history https://store.doverpublications.com/0486423034.html
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Alma Reed wrote this spectacular memoir of her time in Mexicohttps://utpress.utexas.edu/books/reeper
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Graham Greene wrote one of the best novels of the 20th century on Mexico’s Cristero War: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/321542/the-power-and-the-glory-by-graham-greene/ …
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Cormac McCarthy’s Border Trilogy is just spectacularhttps://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/cormac-mccarthy/the-border-trilogy/9781509852024 …
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The person who know the most about Mexican food is Diana Kennedy, and she is revered by Mexicans for ithttps://www.latimes.com/food/dailydish/la-fo-co-diana-kennedy-mexico-20180428-htmlstory.html …
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Lucia Berlin is one of the greatest short story writers in the English language and many of her work are based in Mexicohttps://www.panmacmillan.com/authors/lucia-berlin/a-manual-for-cleaning-women/9781447294894 …
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David Lida is a New Yorker who wrote one of the best books out there on Mexico Cityhttps://www.davidlida.com/
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And the Paul Theroux book I am happy to recommend left and right https://www.hmhbooks.com/shop/books/On-the-Plain-of-Snakes/9780544866478 …
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There are more, and I am not counting either scholars or the many other foreigners with exceptional books on Mexico in any genre
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In fact you should know that readers in Mexico feel proud when a smart foreigner writes intelligent books about our country, just like we hate when they write stupid books too.
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And I know that in the racial climate of the US this argument is too nuanced and some people will continue to misrepresent and misinterpret our views on American Dirt
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But if you are reading this controversy in good faith, the books above may be a bridge so hopefully after you also give a chance to Latinx and Latin American books.
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