Growing up in a half-white, half-brown town and family in South Texas, Stephanie Elizondo Griest struggled with her cultural identity. Upon turning thirty, she ventured to her mother’s native Mexico to do a little root-searching and improve her “Tarzan Lite” Spanish. She stumbled upon a burgeoning social movement that shook the nation to its core. MEXICAN ENOUGH chronicles her journey, from the narco-infested border town of Nuevo Laredo to the highlands of Chiapas. She investigates the murder of a prominent gay activist, sneaks into prison to meet with resistance fighters, rallies with rebels in Oaxaca, and interviews scores of migrant workers and the families they were forced to leave behind. Travel companions include a Polish thief, a Border Patrol agent, and a Dominatrix. Part memoir, part journalistic reportage, MEXICAN ENOUGH illuminates how we cast off our identity in our youth, only to strive to find it again as adults—and the lessons to be learned along the way.

Mexican Enough was published by Washington Square Press/Simon & Schuster on August 5, 2008. A massive “Border Party Tour” is underway. Wachale!

* Mexican Enough is the August read of the National Latino Book Club, sponsored by Las Comadres Para Las Americas, Borders Bookstore, and the Association of American Publishers. Tune in at 7 p.m. CST on Monday, August 25 to hear Stephanie discuss the book live via teleconference through www.lascomadres.org.

* Texas Monthly Magazine excerpted Chapter One of Mexican Enough in their August 2008 issue. Check it out at: http://www.texasmonthly.com/2008-08-01/griest.php

* World Literature Today excerpted Chapter Ten of Mexican Enough in their May/June 2008 edition. Take a sneak preview at:
www.ou.edu/worldlit/onlinemagazine/2008may/Griest-essay.html

* Hear Stephanie read from Mexican Enough on her MySpace site at: www.myspace.com/mexicanenoughthebook

Mexican Enough has been (or will be) featured in the following:

* Los Angeles Times Sunday Book Review
* American Latino Television
* San Francisco Chronicle
* Texas Monthly Magazine
* Dallas Morning News
* Ms Magazine
* Metro, Philadelphia
* Latina Style Magazine
* Hispanic Magazine
* Urban Latino Magazine
* Austin American-Statesman
* Texas Matters/NPR San Antonio
* KZ TV Channel 10 Corpus Christi Noon Show
* KIII TV Channel 3 Corpus Christi Morning Show
* KRIS TV Channel 6 Corpus Christi 10 o'clock News Show
* KUT Morning Edition NPR, Austin
* Here On Earth NPR Wisconsin Radio Show
* Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Having Their Say, Pacifica Radio/Houston
* Houston Press
* Corpus Christi Caller-Times
* Conexion/San Antonio
* Quick/Dallas
* San Antonio Express-News
* Princeton Packet/Time-Out
* Alcalde (Alumnus Magazine of University of Texas)
* Travelers' Tales Anthology: Best of Travelers' Tales, 2009
* November 2008 issue of Perceptive Travel
* Rocky Mountain High News, Denver
* We The People, Corpus Christi
* PowerfulLatinas.com