"The Mirages"
| Title | "The Mirages" |
| Year for Search | 2020 |
| Authors | Johnson, Alaya Dawn(b. 1982) |
| Secondary Title | Reconstruction. Stories |
| Pagination | 217-35 |
| Date Published | 2020 |
| Publisher | Small Beer Press |
| Place Published | Easthampton, MA |
| ISBN Number | 9781618731777 |
| Keywords | African 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. |
| Holding Institutions | PSt |
| Author Note | (b. 1982) |
| Full Text | 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. |
