Luis Alberto Urrea

“I'm always trying to, using literature, subvert people's responses.”

“I'm a theological writer mistaken for a political writer. My theme is grace versus karma.”

“I read most often in bed as part of my attempted sleep ritual. But I spend a lot of time reading on planes and in hotels, too.”

“When I was a little boy in Tijuana, it was wonderland. We left when I was probably four - I was dying of tuberculosis.”

“I have often said I come from a family of unreliable narrators. I tend to believe their struggles with racism, identity, nationality do dovetail with my motivation to write.”