"A whole generation of the Chicano writers were influenced by the Latin American male boom because that's all we got. Borges was an influence, but the ones I really stay with are Manuel Puig and Juan Rulfo. Rulfo obviously for his rhythms and what he's doing with voices."
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Sandra Cisneros, Interviews with Writers of the Post-Colonial World by Feroza Jussawalla and Reed Way Dasenbrock (1992)
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Juan Rulfo
Juan Nepomuceno Carlos PĂ©rez Rulfo VizcaĂno (May 16, 1917–January 7, 1986), was a Mexican writer, screenwriter and photographer.
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