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” ensued, and is still underway. Wachale!

* Mexican Enough was the August 2008 read of the National Latino Book Club, sponsored by Las Comadres Para Las Americas, Borders Bookstore, and the Association of American Publishers. Stephanie discussed the book via live teleconference with 60 readers on Monday, August 25 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 featured in the following media:

* 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
* Austin Chronicle
* 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
* Wisconsin Public Television
* 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
* San Antonio Current
* San Antonio Magazine
* Princeton Packet/Time-Out
* Ft Myers Florida Weekly
* Hispanic Outlook in Higher Education
* Cafe Magazine
* Arizona Daily Wildcat
* El Dia, Houston
* University of Texas at Brownsville Collegian
* University of Wisconsin Oshkosh Student Newspaper
* 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
* WorldHum.com
* PsychJourney.com
* Guanabee.com
* Gadling.com
* Wandering Educators Blog
* Chilangolandia Blog
* Madame Mayo Blog