Tex{t}-Mex Enters its Second Printing Trade Paperback Edition with the University of Texas Press

I am happy to announce that Tex[t]-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the "Mexican" in America is now in its second printing with the University of Texas Press; that's the good news.  The bad news is that the list price has gone up to $26.95 (though you can still find it on Amazon for $15.29--as of this posting at 11:33am, Tuesday, April 6, 2011).

Thanks to all the cool readers who have given my labor of love a peek!

Thanks to My Readers! Tex[t]-Mex #3 Again in the Hispanic Category @ Amazon.com

ranking correct as of Monday, December 13, @ 12noon

Amazon.com, Book Pedagogy, and Tex[t]-Mex

Amazon's ability to embed commentary in book-related illustrations is a pretty cool tool for writers and students alike; I haveposted on this before but wanted to post a direct link to an annotated Speedy Gonzales lobby card illustration; hit the image for the link.



It would be interesting if readers of the this blog who are amazon.com members would upload scans of their own from the book or related material from elsewhere that parallels the materials in Tex[t]-Mex and add it, with embedded commentary, to that archive. I also invite readers to leave comments on Amazon (member log-in on Amazon required) with their reactions to the book.

Thank You to Amazon Shoppers!

For some reason Tex[t]-Mex is back in the top 10 of Hispanic titles on Amazon.com! Gracias, gracias.

...and, again, I want to thank the Academy....

Tex[t]-Mex is #1 in sales in the category "Hispanic" at Amazon.com as of 8:49 pm, Sunday, August 3, 2008! While the moniker "Hispanic," a monstrous catch-all coined by Nixon's minion-wonks, leaves this Tejano, Chicano, Mexicano, Latino feeling out of sorts, I am not one to look a gift horse in the mouth. Gracias, gracias to the fates and the wonderful people punching their keyboards and emptying their wallets at Amazon.