Ask a Mexican

Gustavo Arellano

Jun 2007 · Tantor Media Inc · Narrated by William Dufris, Christine Marshall, and James Herrera

About this audiobook

An irreverent, hilarious, and informative look at Mexican American culture is taken by a rising star in the alternative media, as well as a new kid on the block in such mainstream venues as NPR, the Los Angeles Times, Today, and The Colbert Report. Gustavo Arellano has compiled the best questions about Mexican Americans from readers of his Ask a Mexican! column in California's OC Weekly and uses them to explore the cliches of lowriders, busboys, and housekeepers; drunks and scoundrels; heroes and celebrities; and most important, millions upon millions of law-abiding, patriotic American citizens and their illegal-immigrant cousins who represent some $600 billion in economic power.

About the author

Journalist Gustavo Arellano is the creator and writer of the popular Ask a Mexican! column for the OC Weekly in Orange County, California.

William Dufris has been nominated nine times as a finalist for the APA's prestigious Audie Award and has garnered twenty-one Earphones Awards from AudioFile magazine, which also named him one of the Best Voices at the End of the Century.

Christine Marshall, an actress, director, and designer, won her first Earphones Award from AudioFile magazine for her work on Dancer.

James Herrera spent many years working in the theater in New York City, but now enjoys his friends, his work, and the thriving arts community in Maine, where he now makes his home.