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Sol-Con Creator Shares Stories from the Borderlands

February 2, 2017

Sol-Con Creator Shares Stories from the Borderlands

Long Stories Cut Short: Fictions from the Borderlands, Frederick Luis Aldama

Frederick Luis Aldama captures comprehensive Latino experiences in timely new book

By Erica Thompson
Assistant Editor

Given President Trump's recent executive orders directing construction of a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border and barring citizens from seven Muslim countries from admission into the states, this is an apt time for a book exploring the comprehensive experiences of immigrants or descendants of immigrants in America.

"In Long Stories Cut Short: Fictions from the Borderlands," Frederick Luis Aldama - OSU professor and co-creator of comic expo Sol-Con - presents snapshots of the lives of U.S., Mexican and Central American Latinos. The style is flash fiction, which means no tale is more than 750 words.

"I wanted all the stories to be that way, to really operate through that means of inviting you, the reader, to fill in the rest of the world," said Aldama, who will launch the book with a reading at the Wexner Center on Thursday, Feb. 9...Read more