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Rubén Degollado was born in Indiana, but is from McAllen, Texas, where the majority of his family has lived for generations. His fiction has appeared in Bilingual Review/Revista Bilingüe, Beloit Fiction Journal, Gulf Coast, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Image, Relief, and the anthologies Texas Short Stories, Fantasmas and Bearing the Mystery. He has been a finalist in American Short Fiction’s annual contest, Glimmer Train’s Family Matters Contest, and Bellingham Review’s 2010 Tobias Wolff Award and has been Image journal's Artist of the Month. His first novel, THROW, is forthcoming from Slant Books. ...more

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	Living Beyond Borders: Stories About Growing Up Mexican in America by Margarita Longoria (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Francisco X. Stork (Goodreads Author), Guadalupe Garcia McCall (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 1,192 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Family Izquierdo 3.78 avg rating — 857 ratings — published 2022 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Throw 4.34 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2019 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in Between Worlds by Sergio Troncoso (Goodreads Author) (Editor), David Dorado Romo (Contributor), Reyna Grande (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Night of Screams: Latino Horror Stories by Richard Z. Santos (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Leticia Urieta (Contributor), Monique Quintana (Contributor) 3.85 avg rating — 54 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Gabino Iglesias created this genre of barrio noir and reading this, it’s easy to see that this a genre we didn’t know we needed in crime fiction/horror. I have only dabbled in noir and crime fiction.
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Ruben Degollado and 1 other person liked Anna K's review of The Family Izquierdo: "This was a random pull off the shelf, I was intrigued by the description and was not disappointed! I loved the writing style with vignettes of different family members’ perspectives on different events in family lore, and the character development wa" Read more of this review »
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