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I was torn between the Americanness my mom wanted for me and the Mexicanness my father wanted - they were wrestling for cultural influence over me.

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Way back when I was working at the dump, I saw that, even when living among the trash, that some people would decide to choose joy in their lives.

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It's the most absurd story. I grew up in the dirt streets of Tijuana, dying of all kinds of diseases - tuberculosis, fevers, all that - and it somehow turned into this charmed life. I don't know exactly how.

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Writing went from being a calling to being a job. Business ruined things. It became like making sausages in a sausage factory.

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The French-Cajun culture is similar to mine - they're Catholic, they play accordions, and they eat hot chiles.

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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.

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I am addicted to poetry, but the truth is I cannot pass up a good hard-boiled mystery.

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Books are like chocolate. Can't eat just one.

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I love books with titles like, 'How Do You Spank a Porcupine?,' 'Arnie, the Darling Starling,' or 'The Bat in My Pocket.'

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With a name like Luis Alberto Urrea, it's political no matter what I do.

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Biography

Nationality: Mexican

Type: Poet

Born: August 20th, 1955

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