When news happens along the U.S.-Mexico border, stories about the region are often filled with statistics about crime or the consequences of policies that fail to address migration from the south to the north. But fiction often tells a more nuanced truth than straightforward reporting, and that's what writer Mesha Maren does in her new novel, 'Perpetual West.' It examines the misinformation and misperceptions that endure about the borderlands, even as it pulls readers in with a mysterious disappearance.

https://www.mprnews.org/episode/2022/03/25/mesha-maren-on-the-complexity-of-the-southern-border

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