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Trying To Document The Undocumented At The Border Through Literature

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(Photo by Nancy Montoya - AZPM)

There is, almost by definition, little documentation of the undocumented. That applies to literature as well.

Robert Irwin will be talking about that Wednesday in a lecture at Arizona State University called “Undocumented Literature on the Mexican Border.” He’s a professor at the University of California, Davis in the Spanish and Portuguese department and is a specialist in Mexican and Mexican-American culture.

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Mark Brodie is a co-host of The Show, KJZZ’s locally produced news magazine. Since starting at KJZZ in 2002, Brodie has been a host, reporter and producer, including several years covering the Arizona Legislature, based at the Capitol.