The Dead Will Rise and Save Us

Fiction. Latino/Latina Studies. THE DEAD WILL RISE AND SAVE US is a collection of short stories set in the border cities of El Paso/Juárez with an array of interesting characters, which range from high school students negotiating their identities, homeless characters living in the San Jacinto Plaza, characters that navigate the border between Ciudad Juárez and El Paso, and more. This collection embodies life in the border in many ways, such as the bilingualism of the characters, the socio-cultural elements of the settings, and the tensions between the difficulties and beauty of living in the border region.