"The Mirages"

Title"The Mirages"
Year for Search2020
AuthorsJohnson, Alaya Dawn(b. 1982)
Secondary TitleReconstruction. Stories
Pagination217-35
Date Published2020
PublisherSmall Beer Press
Place PublishedEasthampton, MA
ISBN Number9781618731777
KeywordsAfrican American author, Female author, Mexican author
Annotation

The story is set in Mexico in a climate change future where the cities have gone underground but still reflect the economic divisions of the country and people are still trying to move North, although now to Nunavut in northern Canada. The African American female author was born, raised, and educated in the United States through her BA in East Asian languages cultures at Columbia University. She now lives in Mexico where she received a master’s degree in Mesoamerican Studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.

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2020 Johnson, Alaya Dawn (d. 1982). “The Mirages.” Reconstruction. Stories (Easthampton, MA: Small Beer Press. 2020), 217-35. PSt

The story is set in Mexico in a climate change future where the cities have gone underground but still reflect the economic divisions of the country and people are still trying to move North, although now to Nunavut in northern Canada. The African American female author was born, raised, and educated in the United States through her BA in East Asian languages cultures at Columbia University. She now lives in Mexico where she received a master’s degree in Mesoamerican Studies at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.