1.0The Texas Observerhttps://www.texasobserver.orgRichard Z. Santoshttps://www.texasobserver.org/author/richard-z-santos/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="dn0Xkj5okt"><a href="https://www.texasobserver.org/lost-in-south-texas/">Lost in South Texas</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.texasobserver.org/lost-in-south-texas/embed/#?secret=dn0Xkj5okt" width="600" height="338" title="“Lost in South Texas” — The Texas Observer" data-secret="dn0Xkj5okt" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,l){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(l.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=0;o<n.length;o++)n[o].style.display="none";for(o=0;o<i.length;o++)if(r=i[o],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=l.createElement("a"),a=l.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,a.host===s.host)if(l.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Everyone in Along These Highways, Rene S. Perez’s fine, slender debut collection of short stories, wants to be someplace else. These people, mostly young Latinos in small towns across South Texas, are trapped in cycles of poverty, crime and crushed aspirations. Perez’s work succeeds by examining cultures and places that have often been ignored. He […]https://www.texasobserver.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/09/about-the-texas-observer.jpg740402