Leave Your Name at the Border

Biographical

Munoz's Web site opens to a trailer for his novel, What You See in the Dark. As you click through the site, you may notice examples of code-switching, a technique he refers to in his essay. Hint: Go to Munoz's biography.

Munoz was profiled in spring 2011 in the alumni section of Harvard Magazine.

Munoz currently teaches creative writing at the University of Arizona at Tucson. Listen to what he has to say about teaching in a public university.

Cultural

Munoz refers to Helena Maria Viramontes as his "literary godmother." As you look through her site, consider why Munoz may have valued her as his Cornell mentor.

Read what Professors Brown and Dean have written on migration and cultural assimilation. For further information on models of assimilation, see "New Immigrants, New Models of Assimilation," by the same authors.

Bibliographical

What are the differences between writing short stories and writing novels? Are all of Munoz’s books love letters in a sense? Munoz addresses these and other questions in an interview with Nina Revoyer.

In this interview for New West Books and Writers, Munoz speaks about his writing process, the role of autobiography in his work, and his novel, What You See in the Dark.

Munoz wrote a piece for The Library of America‘s blog in May 2011. Enrolled in a seminar at Harvard on African American women writers, Munoz hardly said a word in class. Here is why.

For a taste of Munoz's short stories in his book, Zigzagger, click here.