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B o o k R e v ie w s 3 3 5 Hurricanes and Carnivals: Essays by Chícanos, Pochos, Pachucos, Mexicanos, and Expatriates. Ed . L e e G u t k in d . T u c so n : U n iv e r sit y o f A r iz o n a P r e ss, 2 0 0 7 . 20 1 p a g e s, $ 1 7 .9 5 . Reviewed by Amy T. Hamilton N o r t h e r n M ic h ig a n U n iv e r sit y , M a r q u e t t e Le e G u t k in d fo u n d e d an d ed its th e jo u r n al C r e a t iv e N o n fic t io n an d h as ed it ed sev er al b o o k s o f cr e at iv e n o n fictio n essays, in clu d in g In F act : T h e Be st o f C r e a t iv e N o n fic t io n (2 0 0 4 ) an d O u r R o o t s A r e D e e p w it h P assio n : C r e a t iv e N o n fic t io n C o lle c t s N e w Essay s b y I t alian - A m e r ican W riter s (2 0 0 6 ). T h is a b id in g in ter est in th e gen r e o f cr e at iv e n o n fictio n in fo r m s H u r r ican es an d C a r n iv als, w h ich is h eld to ge t h e r p r im ar ily b y gen er ic fo rm . O n e o f G u t k in d ’s go als w ith th is c o lle c tio n is to d e m o n st r at e t h a t cr e at iv e n o n fict io n is a gen r e t h a t b elo n gs n o t o n ly to w r iters su ch as H e n r y D av id T h o r e a u an d A n n ie D illar d b u t also in fu ses th e w r itin g fr om , as th e su b t itle states, “C h íc a n o s, P o ch o s, P ach u co s, M e x ic an o s, an d E xp a t r ia t e s.” In th e in t r o d u ctio n to H u n ic a n e s a n d C a r n iv als, Ila n St a v a n s w r ites t h a t M e x ic an cu ltu r e e m b r ac es cr e at iv e n o n fictio n “as p assio n at ely as a sp o r t” (4 ). St a v a n s d efin es th e cr e ativ e n o n fict io n essay as “a fo r u m in w h ich to e x p a n d id eas fr o m a p e r so n al v iew ­ p o in t, to w an d er an d w on d er . ... [T jh e fo r m is ch ar ac ter ize d b y an e n v iab le elasticity : ab so lu tely n o t h in g is alie n to it” (5 ). T h e fo rm , h e co...

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