Luis Humberto Crosthwaite Explained

Luis Humberto Crosthwaite (born 1962 in Tijuana) is a writer, editor, and journalist whose work has appeared in a variety of international venues. His fiction works have garnered critical attention for his ability to express the complexities of living on the US/Mexico border region.

Crosthwaite spent most of his life in Tijuana before moving to San Diego, where he worked at The San Diego Union-Tribune newspaper as columnist and editor.

Currently, Crosthwaite lives in Tijuana.

Publications

English

As author

• The Moon Will Forever be a Distant Love, translated by Debbie Nathan and Willivaldo Delgadillo, from La luna siempre será un dificíl amor (novel, 1997)^[1]
• Out of their Minds (2013)^[2]

As editor

• Puro Border: Dispatches, Snapshots, & Graffiti from La Frontera (anthology, 2003)^[3]

As translator

• Once Around the Block / Una Vuelta a la Manzana, written and illustrated by José Lozano (2009)^[4]
• Little Chanclas, written and illustrated by José Lozano (2015)^[5]
• Birdie's Beauty Parlor / El Salon de Belleza de Birdie, written by Lee Merrill Byrd and illustrated by Francisco Degado (2020)^[6]
• Maximilian and the Curse of the Fallen Angel, written and illustrated by Xavier Garza (2020)^[7]
• Still Dreaming/Seguimos soñando written by Claudia Guadalupe Martinez and illustrated by Magdalena Mora (2022)^[8]

Spanish

• Marcela y el rey al fin juntos (short stories, 1988)
• Mujeres con traje de baño caminan solitarias por las playas de su llanto (short stories, 1990)
• El gran preténder (novella, 1990)
• No quiero escribir no quiero (short stories, 1993)
• Lo que estará en mi corazón (non-fiction, 1994)
• La luna siempre será un amor difícil (novel, 1994)
• Estrella de la calle sexta (two novellas and a short story), 2000)
• Idos de la mente - la increíble y (a veces) triste historia de Ramón y Cornelio (novel, 2001)
• Instrucciones para cruzar la frontera (short stories, 2002)
• Aparta de mí este cáliz (novel, 2009)
• Idos de la mente - la increíble y (a veces) triste historia de Ramón y Cornelio (revised edition, 2010)
• Tijuana: crimen y olvido (novel, 2010)
• Instrucciones para cruzar la frontera (revised edition, 2011)

Notes and References

1. Web site: 1997-11-01 . The Moon Will Be A Distant Love . 2024-06-07 . Kirkus Reviews.
2. Web site: 2013-06-10 . Out of Their Minds by Luis Humberto Crosthwaite . 2024-06-07 . Publishers Weekly.
3. Web site: 2003-03-03 . PURO BORDER: Dispatches, Snapshots & Graffiti from La Frontera by . 2024-06-07 . Publishers Weekly.
4. Web site: 2009-07-01 . Once Around the Block / Una Vuelta a la Manzana . 2024-06-07 . Kirkus Reviews.
5. Web site: 2015-04-15 . Little Chanclas . 2024-06-07 . Kirkus Reviews.
6. Web site: 2020-04-21 . Birdie's Beauty Parlor / El Salon de Belleza de Birdie . 2024-06-07 . Kirkus Reviews.
7. Web site: 2020-01-17 . Maximilian and the Curse of the Fallen Angel . 2024-06-07 . . June 14, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210614134255/https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/xavier-garza/maximilian-and-the-curse-of-the-fallen-angel/ . live .
8. Web site: Roback . Diane . Kantor . Emma . Jones . Iyana . 2023-01-30 . Luqman-Dawson, Salati, and Tahir Win Newbery, Caldecott, Printz Awards . 2024-06-07 . . en . March 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230330172310/https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-industry-news/article/91407-luqman-dawson-salati-and-tahir-win-newbery-caldecott-printz-awards.html . live .