A compelling chronicle of the city ... Ulloa is a terrific storyteller, and as she explores her hometown, she breathes life into dusty names from its past ... An important contribution to understanding a fascinating, complicated, vibrant, richly diverse city.
Detailed, engaging ... Ending with coverage of contemporary Indigenous-rights activism. Ulloa’s passionate reporting shows El Paso from a fresh perspective.
Ambitious ... I can’t think of another work focused on the twentieth-century borderlands that attempts something at this scale ... Ulloa, who, unusually for a daily newspaper journalist, skillfully deploys a lyrical literary voice, portrays El Paso as an emblem of Texan and American imminence ... A deeply moving record of our fitful attempts to become a state and a nation that welcome people from all over the world.
